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Where does “-dōm” come from?

-dōm (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic -dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰóh₁mos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

Ancestry of “-dōm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic-dōmazForms nouns denoting the condition or state of...
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰóh₁mosthat which is put, placed
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “-dōm”

  • freedom
  • unfreedom
  • nonfreedom
  • antifreedom
  • freedomless
  • freedom of association
  • freedom of assembly
  • enfreedom
  • topfreedom
  • cyberfreedom
  • vrijdom
  • freedom
  • fredom
  • freodom
  • frēodōm
  • vrijdom
  • frīduom
  • frijadōm
  • fridom
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