-dom

Dutch (Brabantic)

/dɔm/

suffix
Definitions
  • belonging to a domain or territory (e.g. groothertogdom (grandduchy); this sense is no longer productive)
  • quality or condition of the adjective stem (e.g. eigendom (eigendom) less productive than suffixes like -heid (-heid))

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch -dom inherited from Old Dutch -duom inherited from Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz (-dom).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*-dōmaz

Gloss

-dom

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