How to spell kingdom

Kingdom is spelled K-I-N-G-D-O-M. King plus DOM, as in freedom and wisdom: king-dom.

hear itking·dom/'kɪŋdəm/nounRules and real life

What it means: A country or land ruled by a monarch.

In a sentence: The prince lived in a magical kingdom.

Same family: queen, kingly, kingmaker, king-size, queendom. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Kingdom” comes from Old English “cyningdōm,” where “cyning” meant king and “-dōm” meant state or condition. The same “-dom” ending appears in words like “freedom” and “wisdom,” which originally meant the state of being free and the state of being wise.

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