domestic
pronunciation
How to pronounce domestic in British English:
UK [dəˈmestɪk]
How to pronounce domestic in American English:
US [dəˈmestɪk]
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- Noun:
- a household servant
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- Adjective:
- of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation
- of or relating to the home
- of or involving the home or family
- converted or adapted to domestic use
- produced in a particular country
Word Origin
- domestic
- domestic: [16] Domestic comes, via French domestique, from Latin domesticus, a derivative of domus ‘house’. This can be traced back to an Indo-European *domo-, *domu-, which was also the source of Greek dómos and Sanskrit dama- ‘house’, and goes back in its turn to a base *dem-, *dom- ‘build’ which gave rise to English daunt, tame, timber, and probably despot. A further derivative of domus is domicile [15], from Latin domicilium ‘dwelling-place’, and it is also the ultimate source of the wide range of English words (dominate, dominion, etc) based immediately on Latin dominus ‘master’.=> dame, daunt, dome, dominion, tame, timber
- domestic (adj.)
- early 15c., from Middle French domestique (14c.) and directly from Latin domesticus "belonging to the household," from domus "house," from PIE *dom-o- "house," from root *dem- "house, household" (cognates: Sanskrit damah "house;" Avestan demana- "house;" Greek domos "house," despotes "master, lord;" Latin dominus "master of a household;" Old Church Slavonic domu, Russian dom "house;" Lithuanian dimstis "enclosed court, property;" Old Norse topt "homestead"). It represents the usual Indo-European word for "house" (Italian, Spanish casa are from Latin casa "cottage, hut;" Germanic *hus is of obscure origin). The noun meaning "household servant" is 1530s (a sense also found in Old French domestique). Domestics, originally "articles of home manufacture," is attested from 1620s. Related: Domestically. Domestic violence is attested from 19c. as "revolution and insurrection;" 1977 as "spouse abuse, violence in the home."
Example
- 1. Domestic consumption showed signs of resilience .
- 2. Foreigners laugh at xinhua and other domestic media outlets .
- 3. Capital controls segregate domestic and foreign investors .
- 4. Africa now boasts more than 100 domestic companies with revenue greater than $ 1 billion .
- 5. Sometimes on small domestic cameras , sometimes on phones .