dominion
English
/dəˈmɪnjən/
noun
Definitions
- Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.
- predominance; ascendancy
- (sometimes) A kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence; governed territory.
- (biblical) An order of angel in Christian angelology, ranked above virtues and below thrones.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English dominion derived from Middle French dominion derived from Latin dominio, dominium (ownership, right of ownership, lordship, property) root from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (build, house).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dem-
Gloss
build, house
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
建
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- domestic English
- domesticate English
- domicile English
- dominionism English
- dominionist English
- dominionistic English
- dominionless English
- dominium English
- interdominion English
- predominion English
- *dominiōnem Latin
- *domnarium, *dom(i)narium Latin
- condominium Latin
- domesticus Latin
- dominio Latin
- dominium Latin
- dominus Latin
- dominātus Latin
- domus Latin
- domestiquer French
- доме́н Russian
- autodominio Spanish, Castilian
- dominio Spanish, Castilian
- mayordomo Spanish, Castilian
- δέμνιον Ancient Greek
- δεσπότης Ancient Greek
- πρόδομος Ancient Greek
- *dem- Proto-Indo-European
- *dem-h₁-, *demh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *domos Proto-Indo-European
- *déms pótis Proto-Indo-European
- *dṓm Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European
- dominion Norwegian Bokmål
- *temaną Proto-Germanic
- *timrijaną Proto-Germanic
- *timrą Proto-Germanic
- *tumþiz Proto-Germanic
- dominion Norwegian Nynorsk
- dominion Middle English
- timbr Old Norse
- demaine Old French
- demeine Old French
- domaine Old French
- domini Catalan, Valencian
- dominant Middle French
- dominion Middle French
- צימער Yiddish
- *dungjo Frankish