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domus

Pronunciation: [ˈdɔ.mʊs]

“domus” is a Latin word. Its 8 meanings in English:

noun

  1. house, home (the building where a person lives)
  2. a townhouse
  3. any dwelling-place or abode (of people or animals)
  4. the place of one's birth or residence, native country, town
  5. a group of disciples, school; an intellectual movement
  6. house, dynasty
  7. one's own possessions or resources
  8. peace

In Latin

  1. Aedificium in quo aliquis habitat.

Etymology

From 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…

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