don
Czech
/ˈdon/
noun
Definitions
- (in Italian environment) Originally a title of honour of the Pope, later used for all priests and later for aristocrats.
- Spanish noble title.
- title of respect in front of Spanish given names
- don maffia boss
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian don derived from Latin dominus (master, lord, head of household).
Origin
Latin
dominus
Gloss
master, lord, head of household
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
主
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dominus English
- don English
- *domincellus Latin
- *dominārium Latin
- *domnicellus Latin
- *domniārium Latin
- dom Latin
- dominicus Latin
- domino Latin
- dominor Latin
- dominus Latin
- dominō Latin
- domnus Latin
- vostra, voster Latin
- don Italian
- donno Italian
- domino French
- don Spanish, Castilian
- *dem- Proto-Indo-European
- *dṓm Proto-Indo-European
- dumneavoastră Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- *domanos Proto-Italic