Where does “dama” come from?
dama (Kashubian) comes from Polish dama, from French dame, from Old French dame, from Late Latin domna, from Latin domina, from Latin Dominus, from Latin domus, from Proto-Italic domos — to build; to arrange, to put together.
dama (Kashubian): lady; weir; pavement
Definitions
- lady; weir; pavement
Ancestry of “dama”, step by step
dama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish dama
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | dama | lady; queen |
| 2 | French | dame | A lady; A polite form of address for a woman;... |
| 3 | Old French | dame | lady; woman |
| 4 | Late Latin | domna | lady, mistress |
| 5 | Latin | domina | lady or mistress of the house |
| 6 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 7 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |