richdom

Betekenis

Wealth; riches; richness; prosperity.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɹɪt͡ʃdəm/

Etimologie

Probably a calque of a similar formation in a continental West Germanic language, such as Dutch rijkdom (“wealth”) or German Reichtum (“wealth”); equivalent to rich + -dom.
Compare Middle English richedom (“wealth, riches”), Old English rīċedōm (“dominion”), Swedish rikedom (“wealth, richness”), and Icelandic ríkidómur (“riches, power”).