"domestic (of the home; tame)" in seven languages

Meaningdomestic (of the home; tame)

Spanish

doméstico

/doˈmestiko/

learned

French

domestique

/dɔmɛstik/

learned

As a noun, un domestique is a household servant.

Italian

domestico

/doˈmɛstiko/

learned

Portuguese

doméstico

/doˈmɛstʃiku/

learned

Romanian

domestic

/doˈmestik/

learned

Catalan

domèstic

/duˈmɛstik/

learned

English

domestic

/dəˈmɛstɪk/

from Latin/French · French domestique, from Latin DOMESTICUS

English → Italiandomestic (of the home; tame)domesticoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

DOMESTICUM‘of the house (DOMUS)’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Everything 'of the house', DOMUS. For flights the sisters prefer other words: vuelos nacionales, vols intérieurs, voli nazionali.

English relatives: domesticate, dome (via Italian duomo), domicile

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In a sentence

esLos perros y los gatos son animales domésticos.
frLes chiens et les chats sont des animaux domestiques.
itCani e gatti sono animali domestici.
ptCães e gatos são animais domésticos.
roCâinii și pisicile sunt animale domestice.
caEls gossos i els gats són animals domèstics.
enDogs and cats are domestic animals.

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