Etymology

domiciliary

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Today it means: A person who legally resides in a particular place. Full definition →

French domiciliaire ← Medieval Latin domiciliārius ← Latin domicilium
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromdomicilium“dwelling”
  2. Medieval Latin · derived fromdomiciliārius
  3. French · borrowed fromdomiciliaire
  4. English todaydomiciliary

From French domiciliaire, from Medieval Latin domiciliārius, from Latin domicilium (“dwelling”).

Words from the same roots

Latindomicilium all →

domicile

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.