doom

doom · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*dʰóh₁mos
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*dōmaz
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*dōm
4. Old English · inherited fromdōm“judgement”
5. Middle English · inherited fromdoom
6. English todaydoom

From Middle English doom, dom, from Old English dōm (“judgement”), from Proto-West Germanic *dōm, from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos. Cognates Compare Dutch doem (“condemnation, doom; judgement”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish dom (“judgement”), Faroese and Icelandic dómur (“judgement”), Gothic 𐌳𐍉𐌼𐍃 (dōms, “insight, judgement”); also Ancient Greek θωμός (thōmós, “heap”), Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian ду́ма (dúma, “thought”), Polish duma (“pride”). Doublet of duma. See also deem.

Doom · proper noun²

From doom.

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