Etymograph

English

domine

Domine comes from Latin dominus ‘master, owner, possessor, proprietor’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *dom-o/u-nos ‘of the house’.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dom-o/u-nos1‘of the house’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdominus2‘master, owner, possessor, proprietor’
  3. Englishtodaydomine2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin dominus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English domine

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dom-o/u-nosWiktionary, Latin dominus‘of the house’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdominusWiktionary, English domine‘master, owner, possessor, proprietor’
  3. EnglishtodaydomineWiktionary, English domine

Linked words

through Latin dominus ‘master, owner, possessor, proprietor’

do, danger, dan, don, dame, domain, donna, dungeon, damsel, 14 more

Today it means

noun Lord; master.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “domine”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin dominus. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *dom-o/u-nos / domine

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