English word dome comes from Proto-Indo-European *dem-, Ancient Greek οἶκος τῆς ἐκκλησία|ἐκκλησίας, Ancient Greek δῶμα, and later Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (Home. House.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *dem- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | to build |
| οἶκος τῆς ἐκκλησία|ἐκκλησίας | Ancient Greek (grc) | |
| δῶμα | Ancient Greek (grc) | |
| *dṓm | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | Home. House. |
| domus (ecclesiae) | Latin (lat) | |
| *domos | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | House, home. |
| domus | Latin (lat) | (poetic) any building or abode. House, home. Household, family, race. Native place, one's country or home (confer patria). |
| duomo | Italian (it) | A cathedral. The principal church of a city (not having an episcopal throne). |
| dôme | French (fr) | (architecture) dome. |
| dome | English (en) | (US, slang, colloquial, AAVE) The act of fellatio.. (transitive) To give a domed shape to. (architecture) A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere; a cupola.. (crystallography) A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which meet above in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house; also, one of the planes of such a form.. (obsolete, poetic) A building; a [...] |