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==Etymology==
− It is [[bor|fro|dame|t=lady, mistress, wife]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from Late Latin domna, Latin [[m|la|domina|t=mistress of the house, lady]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) the feminine of dominus, lord, from domus, house (see [[dome]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) In Old French the a developed from the o of domina when the word was unstressed before a name.^(Barnhart 1988) Compare [[madam]].^(Barnhart 1988)
+ It is [[bor|fro|dame|t=lady, mistress, wife]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[la-lat|domna]], Latin [[m|la|domina|t=mistress of the house, lady]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) the feminine of [[m|la|dominus]], lord, from [[m|la|domus]], house (see [[dome]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) In Old French the a developed from the o of domina when the word was unstressed before a name.^(Barnhart 1988) Compare [[madam]].^(Barnhart 1988)
==Earliest recorded meaning==