[Lexicog] suffix -dom

[Fritz Goerling]

Thanks for the examples, Neal,

 

I especially like "random" and "seldom." :-)

I just discovered the following article "The Allegedly dead suffix -dom in
modern English" at

http://www.jstor.org/pss/458952

 

 

Fritz

princedom
freedom
dukedom
boredom
serfdom
kingdom
sheikhdom
sheikdom
officialdom
thraldom
seldom
earldom
random
Christendom
stardom
martyrdom
wisdom
topsy-turvydom


Neal

http://www.ncbrinne <http://www.ncbrinneman.com> man.com

Today I discovered in the announcement of the world championship of chess an
interesting coinage "chessdom."

I wonder how productive word formation with the suffix -dom is in modern
English, be it cases like wisdom, martyrdom, kingdom, Christendom in which
the semantic value of the suffix is not the same.

 

Fritz Goerling

 

 

 

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