The story
- Latin · derived frommaior“main, principal”
- Late Latin · derived frommaior domūs“steward”
- Spanish · borrowed frommayordomo
- Italian · borrowed frommaggiordomo
- English todaymajordomo
From Italian maggiordomo and Spanish mayordomo, from Late Latin maior domūs (“steward”), from Latin maior (“main, principal”) + genitive singular of domus (“household”).
Words from the same roots
Spanishmayordomo all →
mayordomo
Latinmaior all →
majormajoritymayorMallorcaMickleoverforce majeuremajoratemajoration
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.