domain English · revision 6097

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1425|origins=la dominus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /dəˈmeɪn/, /dəʊˈmeɪn/, US /doʊˈmeɪn/, /dəˈmeɪn/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|domaine]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(Etymonline) an alteration, by association with Latin [[m|la|dominus|t=lord]] or Medieval Latin [[m|la-med|dominium]], of Old French [[m|fro|demaine]], [[m|fro|demeine|t=belonging to a lord]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) from [[la|dominium|t=ownership, property, dominion]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline) from [[m|la|dominus|t=lord, master, owner]], from [[m|la|domus|t=house]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from PIE [[ine-pro|*dem-|t=house, household]].^(Etymonline) It is a doublet of [[demesne]], an earlier borrowing of the same French word, and of [[dominion]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Landed property, demesne: about 1425, in Scots.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Heritable property, or a territory held in possession, is from 1601,^(OED 1989) about 1600 in Etymonline;^(Etymonline) the legal ''eminent domain'', the state's supreme lordship over all property, is from 1625 in the OED and 1738 in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) A region under someone's rule or influence is from 1727,^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) and figuratively a sphere of thought or action, a field of knowledge, from 1764.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) In mathematics, the set of values a function is defined on goes back to the theory of functions in 1893.^(OED 1989) The computing use is from the 1980s,^(Cresswell 2021) and the Internet domain name is attested by 1985.^(Etymonline) In Australia and New Zealand a domain is a public park or recreation reserve.^(Collins 2023)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1425 – landed property, in Scots.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1601 – an estate or territory.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1625 – eminent domain.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1727 – a region under rule.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1764 – a sphere of thought or action.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1893 – a domain in mathematics.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1985 – Internet domain name.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[territory]] over which rule or control is exercised.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Land owned by one person or family; an [[estate]].^(Collins 2023)

+ # A sphere of activity, concern or knowledge; a [[field]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(mathematics)'' The set of values for which a [[function]] is defined.^(AHD)

+ # ''(physics)'' A region of a [[ferromagnetic]] material in which the magnetization points one way.^(AHD)

+ # ''(computing)'' A group of addresses on the [[Internet]] sharing a common suffix.^(AHD)^(Cresswell 2021)

+ # ''(Australia, New Zealand)'' A public park or recreation ground.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[domanial]]

+ * [[domain name]]

+ * [[eminent domain]]

+ * [[principal ideal domain]]

+ * [[public domain]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dominate]]

+ * [[dominion]]

+ * [[domino]]

+ * [[demesne]]

+ * [[dame]]

+ * [[dome]]

+ * [[domestic]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}