- δόμος
- δόμοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `house, living, room' (Il.), also `layer' (Hdt.; s. below).Compounds: Compp. subst. wie ὀπισθό-, πρό- and adj. like ἀγχί-, ἰσό-.Derivatives: δομόομαι `be supplied with a house' (pap. VIp).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [198] *domo- `house'Etymology: Identical with Skt. dáma- m. `house', and with Lat. domus, if it is an o-stem. (Beside the o-stem an old u-stem, in Skt. dámū-nas- m. `housemate' (diff. Pisani KZ 72, 213ff.) and Arm. tanu-tēr `house-lord' (Lat. domus as u-stem perh. innovation, Ernout Philologica 103); s. also δμώς. Old is also the root noun in δεσπότης, δάπεδον (uncertain δάμαρ (s. v.). Unclear Δ(α)μία, Μνία s. Δημήτηρ. - In origin δόμος is not a verbal abstract of δέμω. Another re-formation is δῶμα, s. v.Page in Frisk: 1,408-409
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.