Etymology of the English word dome
the English word
domederived from the French word
domederived from the Italian word
duomoderived from the Medieval Latin word
domus (house, building; home)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dem- (house)
derived from the French word
dômederived from the Italian word
duomoderived from the Medieval Latin word
domus (house, building; home)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dem- (house)
Date
The earliest known usage of dome in English dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in English
radome,
astrodome,
brachydome,
domal,
domed,
domical,
macrodome,
semidome,
vistadomeCognates
Dutch
tolk, Dutch
dom, English
dumb, French
dôme, German
Dolmetsch, German
dumm, Icelandic
túlkur, Icelandic
dómkirkja, Italian
duomo, Swedish
tolk, Swedish
dom, Swedish
dumUsage
Word found in Modern English
