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DictionaryRoot: dominium
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dominium

ownership, dominion

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Woman holds key inside one outlined apartment unit within simple cutaway shared building of three distinct units; her unit highlighted warm ochre, common hallway visible.
noun

condominium

kahn-duh-MIN-ee-um/ˌkɑːndəˈmɪniəm/

An individually owned dwelling with jointly managed common areas.

Etymology
conLatinwith, together; sometimes thoroughly
+dominiumLatinownership, dominion

Together with ownership gives the original idea of joint sovereignty or ownership. The legal term later came to name a privately owned apartment within a shared property arrangement.

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