Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - domestic

 I. adjective  Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French domestique, from Latin ~us, from domus  Date: 15th century  1.  a. living near or about human habitations  b. tame, ~ated the ~ cat  2. of, relating to, or originating within a country and especially one's own country ~ politics ~ wines  3. of or relating to the household or the family ~ chores ~ happiness  4. devoted to home duties and pleasures leading a quietly ~ life  5. indigenous  • ~ally adverb  II. noun  Date: 1613  1. a household servant  2. an article of ~ manufacture — usually used in plural