Word Knowledge

What does the root word dorm- mean?

In my role as an ASVAB tutor, I make sure to remind my students of the importance of reviewing prefixes, root words, and suffixes.  One of the Latin root words that I included in my book, The ASVAB Tutor’s Word Knowledge and Paragraph Comprehension Study Guide is the Latin root dorm-.  There are a number of words in the English language that consist of the Latin root word dorm-.  Examples include dorm, dormitory, dormancy, dormant, dormitive, dormition, dormient, and dormouse.  Do you know what dorm- means?  I will present the meaning of dorm- tomorrow and the definition of the words with the root dorm-.