kingdom的词源

英文词源

kingdom (n.)

Old English cyningdom; see king + -dom. Cognate with Old Saxon kuningdom, Middle Dutch koninghdom, Old Norse konungdomr. The usual Old English word was cynedom; Middle English also had kingrick (for second element, see Reichstag). Meaning "one of the realms of nature" is from 1690s. Kingdom-come "the next world" (1785) is from the Lord's Prayer.

中文词源

kingdom：王国

缩写自古英语cyningdom,王国，对应于king,君王，-dom,抽象名词后缀，来自PIE*dhe,放置，建立，词源同do.

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kingdom：王国；领域

词根词缀： king国王 + -dom