masc. proper name, Italian and Late Latin, from Latin dominicus "Lordly, devoted to God," literally "pertaining to a lord," from dominus "lord, master," from domus "house" (from PIE root *dem- "house, household").
dominate
domination
dominator
dominatrix
domineer
Dominic
dominical
Dominican
dominion
domino
dominoes
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