Learned borrowing fromItalianduomo.Doublet ofdome anddomus.
duomo (pluralduomosorduomi)
- Acathedral, or a cathedral-like building, especially one inItaly.
1914, E. V. Lucas,A Wanderer in Venice:There was no doubt as to the direction, with the campanile of theduomo as a beacon.
Inherited as a shortening ofLatindomusecclēsiae(“meeting-house, house of the assembly”,a calque ofAncient Greekοἶκοςτῆςἐκκλησίας(oîkos tês ekklēsías), designating a private house placed at the disposal of the Christian community) and laterdomusDominī(“house of our Lord”) orDeī(“of God”); fromProto-Italic*domos, fromProto-Indo-European*dṓm, derived from the root*dem-(“to build”).
duomo m (pluralduomi)
- theprincipalchurch of acity (not having anepiscopalthrone)
- acathedral
FromFrenchdôme.
duomo m (pluralduomi)
- (mechanics)steam dome
- the upper part of analembic
- “Western architecture - Early Christian, First period, to AD 313”, inEncyclopedia Britannica[1], 13 April 2021 (last accessed)
