-dom en · X · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /-dəm/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos Proto-Germanic *dōmaz Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz Proto-West Germanic *-dōm Old English -dōm Middle English -dom English -dom From Middle English -dom, from Old English -dōm (“-dom: state, condition, power, authority, property, right, office, quality”, suffix), from Proto-West Germanic *-dōm, from Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz. Cognate with Scots -dom (“-dom”), North Frisian -dom (“-dom”), West Frisian -dom (“-dom”), Dutch -dom (“-dom”), Low German -dom (“-dom”), German -tum (“-dom”), Danish -dom (“-dom”) -dømme (“-dom”), Swedish -dom (“-dom”) -döme (“-dom”), Norwegian -dom (“-dom”), Icelandic -dómur (“-dom”), Norwegian Bokmål -dømme, Norwegian Nynorsk -døme. Same as Old English dōm (“doom, judgment, sentence, condemnation, ordeal, judicial sentence, decree, ordinance, law, custom; justice, equity; direction, ruling, governing, command; might, power, supremacy, majesty, glory, magnificence, splendor, reputation, honor, praise, dignity, authority; state, condition”). No relation to English domain or dominion. More at doom.
Meanings
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(countable, morpheme, uncountable) Forms nouns denoting the condition or state of the root word.
boredom, freedom, martyrdom, stardom
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(countable, morpheme, uncountable) Forms nouns denoting the domain or jurisdiction of the root word.
Christendom, fiefdom, Hindudom, Islamdom, kingdom, Saxondom
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(countable, morpheme, uncountable) Forms nouns — usually nonce words — denoting the set of all examples of the suffixed word.
catdom, dogdom, furrydom, gothdom, wingdom
there always seemed to be one outrageous beauty: an angel who would have been forced into indentured topmodeldom had she been found on a Paris bus; or a wavy-lipped, chisel-chinned, almond-eyed boy-warrior out of the Iliad, as beautiful as humans come.
1995, Isabel Fonseca, Bury Me Standing, Vintage, published 2007, page 74:It is only the English language that has let the cabbage down – giving it, quite frankly, the ugliest name in all of veg-dom.
2011 March 19, Caitlin Moran, The Times:
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(countable, morpheme, slang, uncountable) Forms nouns denoting the fandom of the suffixed word.
Potterdom, stfdom
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| -doms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
computerdom (belonging to a domain or jurisdiction) · crocodiledom (condition or state) · princedom (belonging to a domain or jurisdiction) · fiefdom (belonging to a domain or jurisdiction) · muscledom (condition or state) · selfdom (condition or state) · earldom (belonging to a domain or jurisdiction) · frogdom (condition or state) · Hindudom (belonging to a domain or jurisdiction) · dukedom (belonging to a domain or jurisdiction) · popedom (belonging to a domain or jurisdiction) · Caesardom (belonging to a domain or jurisdiction) · apedom (condition or state) · birddom (condition or state) · sharkdom (condition or state) · tsardom (belonging to a domain or jurisdiction) · saintdom (condition or state) · halidom (condition or state) · Islamdom (belonging to a domain or jurisdiction) · wisdom (condition or state) · Christendom (belonging to a domain or jurisdiction) · stardom (condition or state) · reptiledom (condition or state) · boredom (condition or state) · freedom (condition or state) · gaydom (belonging to a domain or jurisdiction) · planetdom (belonging to a domain or jurisdiction) · whoredom (condition or state) · Saxondom (belonging to a domain or jurisdiction) · sheikdom (belonging to a domain or jurisdiction) · filmdom (belonging to a domain or jurisdiction) · mammaldom (condition or state) · kingdom (belonging to a domain or jurisdiction) · heirdom (condition or state) · fishdom (condition or state) · fandom (belonging to a domain or jurisdiction) · martyrdom (condition or state) · moviedom (belonging to a domain or jurisdiction)
Translations (2)
sv -dom (denoting a condition or state) · sv -döme (denoting a domain or jurisdiction)