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(Inglese)

(declension-2, declension-4, irregular) house, home (the building where a person lives)
(declension-2, declension-4, irregular) house, home (the building where a person lives)
(declension-2, declension-4, irregular) any dwelling-place or abode (of people or animals)
(declension-2, declension-4, irregular) the place of one's birth or residence, native country, town
(also, declension-2, declension-4, irregular) the place of one's birth or residence, native country, town
(declension-2, declension-4, irregular) household, family (the dependants of the head of a house)
(declension-2, declension-4, irregular) household, family (the dependants of the head of a house)
(declension-2, declension-4, idiomatic, irregular) one's own possessions or resources
(declension-2, declension-4, idiomatic, irregular) peace

Pronunciato come (IPA)

[ˈdɔ.mʊs]

For Proto-Italic *domos, from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“house, home”), from root *dem- (“to build”). Cognates include Ancient Greek δόμος (dómos), Albanian dhomë (“a chamber, a room”), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬨- (dam-) Sanskrit दम (dáma), Proto-Slavic *domъ and further to English timber. At least indirectly cognate to Latin dominus. The feminine gender is probably due to the original root noun; attempts to transfer it to the 4th declension are due to 2nd declension feminines being unusual outside of tree names. Some manuscripts of Plautus show forms in dem-; De Vaan (2008) doubts their authenticity.