首页英语词典major-domomajor-domo的意思

major-domo

中文词源


major-domo 总管

来自拉丁语major domus,一家之主,王室管家,来自major,主要的,domus,家,住所,词源同domicile.引申词义总管。

英英释意


1. the chief steward or butler of a great household

英文词源


major-domo (n.)
1580s, via Italian maggiordomo or Spanish mayordomo, from Medieval Latin major domus "chief of the household," also "mayor of the palace" under the Merovingians, from Latin major "greater" (see major (adj.)) + genitive of domus "house" (see domestic).