-dom


a suffix forming nouns which refer to domain (kingdom), collection of persons (officialdom), rank or station (earldom), or general condition (freedom).
-dom
suffix
state or condition freedom, martyrdom
rank or office earldom
domain kingdom, christendom
a collection of persons officialdom
word origin
old english -dōm
-dom
abstract suffix of state, from o.e. dom “statute, judgment” (see doom), already active as a suffix in o.e. (cf. freodom, wisdom); from stem -do- “do” + –moz abstract suffix. cf. cognate ger. -tum, o.h.g. tuom.
-dom
suffix

used to form nouns the range, establishment, scope, or realm of what is indicated: fandom/ moviedom/ klutzdom

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