Etymology

parsondom

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Today it means: parsons collectively; the world of parsons, i.e. the established church Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *dōmaz ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos ← English parson
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The story

  1. Englishparson
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰóh₁mos
  4. Proto-Germanic*dōmaz
  5. English todayparsondom

From parson + -dom.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.