Where does “Dame” come from?
Dame (Translingual) comes from German Dame, from Italian dama, from Polish 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.
Dame (Translingual): Spoken by a player during a match with one or more visually impaired players to indicate a queen in algebraic notation
Definitions
- Spoken by a player during a match with one or more visually impaired players to indicate a queen in algebraic notation
Ancestry of “Dame”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Dame | lady; lady; madam; queen |
| 2 | Italian | dama | lady; draughts / checkers; king |
| 3 | Polish | dama | lady; 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 |