domain

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An area of activity, knowledge, or responsibility.

   Dealing with complaints isn't really my domain; ask customer services.

2. 2
   noun

   An area of land that is owned or controlled by one person or group.

   The king ruled his domain harshly.

3. 3
   noun

   The name that identifies a website on the internet.

   They registered a new domain for their online shop.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dem- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dṓmder. Proto-Italic *domanos Latin dominus Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin dominiumder. Old French demainebor. Middle English demayne English domain From Middle English demayne, demain (“rule”), from Old French demeine, demaine, demeigne, domaine (“power”), (French domaine), from Latin dominium (“property, right of ownership”), from dominus (“master, proprietor, owner”). Doublet of demesne and dominium, and closely related to dominion and domino. See al…

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