domicile

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈdɑməsaɪl/ UK /ˈdɒmɪsaɪl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person's permanent legal residence

For tax purposes, his domicile remained in his home country.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person's permanent legal... residence abodedwellinghome habitation lodging house

Word family

Derived forms domicileddomiciliarydomiciliation

Related forms domestic domedomus

Simplified etymology

Domicile, meaning a home or residence, dates from late Middle English and ultimately derives from Latin domus, “house.”

Etymology

From Old French domicile, from Latin domicilium ('dwelling place'), from domus ('house').

domicile Old French domicilium Latin domus Latin *dem- Proto-Indo-European

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People & Society

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# domicile

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈdɑməsaɪl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdɒmɪsaɪl/

## Meanings
1. a person's permanent legal residence

## Examples
- For tax purposes, his domicile remained in his home country.

## Synonyms
- residence
- abode
- dwelling
- home
- habitation
- lodging
- house

## Derived Forms
- domiciled
- domiciliary
- domiciliation

## Related Forms
- domestic
- dome
- domus

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: domicile
- Root: domicilium
- Root: domus
- Root: *dem-

## Etymology
From Old French domicile, from Latin domicilium ('dwelling place'), from domus ('house').

## AI Etymology
Domicile is from Old French domicile, from Latin domicilium ('dwelling place'), from domus ('house'). The ancestry passes through Old French domicile, Latin domicilium, Latin domus, and Proto-Indo-European *dem-. In present use as noun and verb, it means "a person's permanent legal residence", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include domestic, dome, and domus; derived forms include domiciled, domiciliary, and domiciliation. The surrounding word family keeps the same base visible in domiciled, domiciliary, domiciliation, domestic, dome, and domus, showing how the headword belongs to a larger cluster rather than standing alone.

## Topics
- People & Society

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