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Where does “dotcom” come from?

Dotcom comes from English dot combined with English com, short for commercial, itself from Latin com meaning "with" or "together."

dotcom (English): A company whose business is based around a...

Definitions

  1. A company whose business is based around a...

Ancestry of “dotcom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcomAbbreviation of committee; Abbreviation of...
2EnglishcommitteeA body of one or more persons convened for the...
3EnglishcommitTo give in trust; to put into charge or keeping;...
4Middle Englishcommitten—
5LatincommittoI commit; I begin; I carry on
6Latincōn-—
7Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
8Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
9Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt—
13Germankitt—
14Old High Germankuti—
15Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
16Proto-Germanickweduzresin
17Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
18Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
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