Where does “thrillerdom” come from?
thrillerdom (English) comes from English thriller, from English thrill, from English drill, from Middle Dutch drillen, from Old Dutch thrillen, from Proto-Germanic þriljaną, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine — boundary, end.
thrillerdom (English): The world or sphere of thrillers
Definitions
- The world or sphere of thrillers
Ancestry of “thrillerdom”, step by step
thrillerdom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English thriller
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | thriller | Something that thrills; A suspenseful,... |
| 2 | English | thrill | To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone... |
| 3 | English | drill | To create by removing material with a drill; To... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | drillen | bore, move in a circle |
| 5 | Old Dutch | thrillen | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þriljaną | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 8 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 9 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |
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 |