From Latin 'domesticus' (of the household), from 'domus' (house) — one of the most stable PIE reconstructions (*dom-).
Relating to the running of a home or to family relations; existing or occurring inside a particular country; a person employed in household tasks.
From Latin 'domesticus' (belonging to the household, of the home, not foreign), from 'domus' (house, home, family household), from PIE *dom- / *dem- (house, dwelling, to build). The PIE root *dem- is among the most fundamental in Indo-European architecture vocabulary: Sanskrit 'dama-' (house), Greek 'domos' (house), 'despotēs' (master of the household, from *dems-poti-s), Old Church Slavonic 'domŭ' (house), Russian 'dom' (house), Lithuanian 'namai' (home). In Latin the family of 'domus' includes 'dominus' (lord, master of the house), 'domina' (mistress), 'dominicus' (of the lord — whence '