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Vinony

domestication

noun

  1. process of taming a group of organisms
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English domesticate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English domestication From domesticate + -ion.

  1. The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.
  2. The act of domesticating, or making a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.
  3. The act of domesticating a text.