domestic

B2 Topic:House & Home

US /dəˈmes.tɪk/ UK /dəˈmɛs.tɪk/ See IPA manual

Freq #5411

Meanings

1

adj
Relating to the home, the house, or family life.

She shares the domestic chores with her husband.
2

adj
Happening inside one country, not involving other countries.

The new policy will affect domestic flights but not international ones.
3

adj
Made or produced within a particular country.

They prefer to buy domestic wine rather than imported brands.
4

adj
(Of an animal) kept by people as a pet or on a farm, not wild.

Cats and dogs are the most common domestic animals.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 adj · happening inside one... intranational

4 adj · (of an animal) kept by... domesticated

Word family

Forms domestics

Derived forms antidomesticdomesticabledomesticallydomesticisedomesticizedomicideelectrodomesticextradomesticinterdomesticintermesticintradomesticnondomestic

Related forms domesticate domesticated domestication domesticity

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Simplified etymology

Domestic, recorded from the late Middle English period, ultimately comes from Latin domus, “house,” and originally meant “relating to the house.”

Etymology

From Middle French domestique, from Latin domesticus, from domus (“house, home”).

*dem- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

House & Home

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# domestic

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /dəˈmes.tɪk/
**IPA (UK):** /dəˈmɛs.tɪk/
**Frequency rank:** 5411

## Meanings
1. Relating to the home, the house, or family life.
2. Happening inside one country, not involving other countries.
3. Made or produced within a particular country.
4. (Of an animal) kept by people as a pet or on a farm, not wild.

## Examples
- She shares the domestic chores with her husband.
- The new policy will affect domestic flights but not international ones.
- They prefer to buy domestic wine rather than imported brands.
- Cats and dogs are the most common domestic animals.

## Derived Forms
- antidomestic
- domesticable
- domestically
- domesticise
- domesticize
- domicide
- electrodomestic
- extradomestic
- interdomestic
- intermestic
- intradomestic
- nondomestic

## Related Forms
- domesticate
- domesticated
- domestication
- domesticity

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *dem-

## Etymology
From Middle French domestique, from Latin domesticus, from domus (“house, home”).

## AI Etymology
Domestic comes from Middle French domestique, from Latin domesticus, from domus (“house, home”). In current use, the main senses are “Relating to the home, the house, or family life” and “Happening inside one country, not involving other countries”. Its deeper ancestry includes Proto-Indo-European *dem-.

## Topics
- House & Home

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