Where does “dam” come from?
dam (Malay) comes from Dutch dam, from Middle French dame, from Spanish dama, from French dame, from Old French dame, from Late Latin domna, from Latin domina, from Latin Dominus — to build; to arrange, to put together.
dam (Malay): Looking like a checkers board of a surface
Definitions
- Looking like a checkers board of a surface
Ancestry of “dam”, step by step
dam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch dam
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | dam | dam; king |
| 2 | Middle French | dame | dame, double checkers piece |
| 3 | Spanish | dama | lady, dame; queen |
| 4 | French | dame | A lady; A polite form of address for a woman;... |
| 5 | Old French | dame | lady; woman |
| 6 | Late Latin | domna | lady, mistress |
| 7 | Latin | domina | lady or mistress of the house |
| 8 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 9 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |