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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | мини́ровать | — |
| 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 | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy(H)nis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mēy(H)- | to cut, hew |