dueño

/ˈdweɲo/ · A2 · noun · m

owner

dueño — owner

🏠🔑 dueño ← Latin dominus (lord): same root as domain, dominate, don

Latin dominus, master of the house (domus), wore down to dueño in Spanish. The owner is the one who dominates a domain. Its feminine, dueña, gave English the word duenna.

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