Where does “ντάμα” come from?
ντάμα (Greek) comes from Italian dama, from Polish dama, from French dame, from Old French dame, from Late Latin domna, from Latin domina, from Latin Dominus, from Latin domus — to build; to arrange, to put together.
ντάμα (Greek): the queen in a pack of playing cards; draughts;...
Definitions
- the queen in a pack of playing cards; draughts;...
Ancestry of “ντάμα”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | dama | lady; draughts / checkers; king |
| 2 | Polish | dama | lady; queen |
| 3 | French | dame | A lady; A polite form of address for a woman;... |
| 4 | Old French | dame | lady; woman |
| 5 | Late Latin | domna | lady, mistress |
| 6 | Latin | domina | lady or mistress of the house |
| 7 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 8 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |