Where does “peerdom” come from?
peerdom (English) comes from English DOM, from English dominance, from English -ance, from Middle English -aunce, from Old French -ance, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
peerdom (English): A lordship; Peers as a group; peerage
Definitions
- A lordship; Peers as a group; peerage
Ancestry of “peerdom”, step by step
peerdom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English DOM
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | DOM | Initialism of date of marriage; Initialism of... |
| 2 | English | dominance | The state of being dominant; of prime importance;... |
| 3 | English | -ance | Added to an adjective or verb to form a noun... |
| 4 | Middle English | -aunce | Forms nouns indicating states or processes, usually from verbs or other nouns; -ance |
| 5 | Old French | -ance | ance (suffix used to form nouns) |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via English peer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | peer | To look with difficulty, or as if searching for... |
| 2 | English | pee | Urine; To urinate; To drizzle |
| 3 | English | piss | Urine; An instance of pissing; Alcoholic... |
| 4 | Middle English | pisse | piss, urine; Alternative form of pissen |
| 5 | Middle English | pissen | To piss; to deliver urine from the genitals; To... |
| 6 | Old French | pissier | to piss; to excrete urine |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | pissiare | present active infinitive of *pīssiō |
| 8 | Latin | pissio | I piss |