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dom (iou)



-dom suffix.
[Old English -dom = Old Saxon -dom (Dutch -dom), Old High German -tuom (German -tum), use as suffix of Old English dom DOOM noun1, Old High German tuom position, condition, dignity.]
Forming nouns from nouns and adjectives with the senses 'rank, condition', 'domain', as in earldom, freedom, kingdom.
Forming nouns from nouns as collect. pl. or with the sense 'the ways of s' as in officialdom.