The story
- Latin · derived fromdominātiō“rule, dominion”
- Old French · derived fromdominacion
- Middle English · derived fromdomynacion
- English todaydomination
From Middle English domynacion, from Old French dominacion, from Latin dominātiō (“rule, dominion”), from dominor (“domineer; rule”); see dominate.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.