Where does “доминировать” come from?
доминировать (Russian) comes from Russian мини́ровать, from Russian ми́на, from German Mine, from French mine, from Breton min, from Italian mina, from Latin mina, from Gaulish mēnā — to cut, hew.
доминировать (Russian): to prevail, to predominate; to command, to...
Definitions
- to prevail, to predominate; to command, to...
Ancestry of “доминировать”, step by step
доминировать traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian мини́ровать
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | мини́ровать | to mine; to sow mines (in an area) |
| 2 | Russian | ми́на | torpedo |
| 3 | German | Mine | a mine; pencil lead, ballpoint pen reservoir |
| 4 | French | mine | mine; pencil lead; piledriver, scorcher |
| 5 | Breton | min | face of an animal; beak, muzzle |
| 6 | Italian | mina | mine, land mine; lead in pencils; mine which... |
| 7 | Latin | mina | A Greek weight equal to 100 drachmas; A Greek... |
| 8 | Gaulish | mēnā | ore, mine |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | *meinis | ore, metal |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy(H)nis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mēy(H)- | to cut, hew |
via Spanish dominación
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | dominación | domination |
| 2 | Latin | dominātiō | rule, dominion |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |