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1. Proto-Indo-European*dem-
2. Proto-Indo-European*dṓmder.?
3. Proto-Italic*domVnos
4. Latindominus
5. Latindominium
6. Old Frenchdemaine
7. Middle Englishdemayne
8. English todaydomain

From Middle English demayne, demain (“rule”), from Old French demeine, demaine, demeigne, domaine (“power”), (French domaine), from Latin dominium (“property, right of ownership”), from dominus (“master, proprietor, owner”). Doublet of demesne and dominium, and closely related to dominion and domino. See also dame, and compare demain, danger, dungeon.

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