-DOM


Meaning of -DOM in English

dəm noun suffix

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English -dōm; akin to Old Saxon -dōm -dom, Old High German -tuom, Old Norse -dōmr; all from a prehistoric Germanic noun represented by Old English dōm judgment — more at doom

1.

a. : dignity : office

duke dom

b. : realm : jurisdiction

king dom

Christen dom

c. : geographical area

Anglo-Saxon dom

2. : state, condition, or fact of being

free dom

martyr dom

3. : those having a (specified) office, occupation, interest, or character

official dom

dog dom

stamp dom

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