Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge. · An employee of a university residence who lives among the student residents. · A mafia boss, especially one who is Italian or Italian-American. · A (usually Spanish or Italian) title of respect to a man, especially a lord or nobleman.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dem- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dṓmder.? Proto-Italic *domVnos Latin dominusder. English don From Latin dominus (“lord, head of household”), akin to Italian don, Sicilian don, Spanish don; from domus (“house”). Doublet of dom, domine, dominie, and dominus.
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