Spanish word domingo comes from Latin dominus, and later Latin dies Dominica (Sunday.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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dominus | Latin (lat) | A master, possessor, ruler, lord, proprietor. An owner of a residence; the master of its servants and slaves. Sir (greeting). The master of a feast, the entertainer, host. The master of a play or of public games, the employer of players or gladiators. |
dominicus | Latin (lat) | (Ecclesiastical Latin) the Lord’s, God’s. (rare, does not occur in Cicero’s works) of or belonging to a lord or master. (since the formation of the Empire) imperial. (transferred senses) :. |
dies Dominica | Latin (lat) | Sunday. |
domingo | Spanish (es) | Sunday. |