dominant
adj.
mid-15c., from Middle French dominant (13c.), from Latin dominantem (nominative dominans), present participle of dominari (see domination). Music sense is from 1819. Sexual bondage sense by c.1960. The noun is first recorded 1819, earliest in the musical sense.
〔李〕[domin;-anta.] a.支配的，统治的； 高耸的 ←domin (L dominus)=owner, lord 主人