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Where does “dameundertøy” come from?

dameundertøy (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål dame, from Old Norse damma, 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.

dameundertøy (Norwegian Bokmål): women's underwear

Definitions

  1. women's underwear

Ancestry of “dameundertøy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåldamea lady, woman; a girlfriend; a queen
2Old Norsedamma—
3Old Frenchdamelady; woman
4Late Latindomnalady, mistress
5Latindominalady or mistress of the house
6LatinDominusthe Lord; Lord; The Lord
7Latindomushouse, home; any building or abode; native place,...
8Proto-Italicdomoshouse, home
9Proto-Indo-Europeandṓmhome; house
10Proto-Indo-Europeandem-to build; to arrange, to put together
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