Where does “dompter” come from?
dompter (French) comes from Middle French dompter, from Old French donter, from Latin domitare, from Latin domō, from Proto-Italic domaō, from Ido domajo, from Ido domajar, from English damage — to share, divide.
dompter (French): to tame , break in; to subdue, suppress
Definitions
- to tame , break in; to subdue, suppress
Ancestry of “dompter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | dompter | — |
| 2 | Old French | donter | — |
| 3 | Latin | domitare | — |
| 4 | Latin | domō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | domaō | tame; subdue |
| 6 | Ido | domajo | damage, injury, harm, accident |
| 7 | Ido | domajar | to damage; to injure, harm, impair, spoil |
| 8 | English | damage | Injury or harm; the condition or measure of... |
| 9 | Middle English | damage | — |
| 10 | Old French | damage | damage; injury, hurt, insult |
| 11 | Old Occitan | damnatge | damage; harm, etc |
| 12 | Vulgar Latin | damnaticum | damage |
| 13 | Latin | damnum | damage or injury; loss; a fine |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | dapnom | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | dh₂pnóm | expense, investment |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂p- | to sacrifice; to lose |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |
Words derived from “dompter”