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Re: English suffix -dom is NOT related to Latin dum

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From: ed@somewhere.in.the.uk (Ed Cryer)
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Subject: Re: English suffix -dom is NOT related to Latin dum
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2023 21:47:35 +0000
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by: Ed Cryer - Sat, 2 Dec 2023 21:47 UTC

henh...@gmail.com wrote:
> so... TIL (today i learned) that English suffix -dom is NOT related to Latin dum.
>
> and i guess English suffix -dom is not related to the word Domestic.
>
>
> ----------- English -dom:
>
> Origin: Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz
> Meaning: State, condition, power, dominion, property, right, office. Adds an abstract layer to the base word, signifying the experience or quality of being something.
> Examples: freedom, wisdom, kingdom, serfdom, dukedom, priesthood
>
>
> ----------- Latin dum:
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> Origin: Proto-Mon-Khmer languages (Khmer, Eastern Cham)
>
> Meaning: While, until, as long as
>
> Examples:
>
> dum luceo, dum spiro, spero (While I live, I hope)
I would have thought that the "dom" in "kingdom" "fiefdom" and the like
was from Latin origins. Domus, dominus, dominare.
Ed

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English suffix -dom is NOT related to Latin dum	Ed Cryer