The story
- Old English · inherited frommartyrdōm“martyrdom”
- Middle English · inherited frommartyrdome
- English todaymartyrdom
From Middle English martyrdome, martirdom, marterdom, from Old English martyrdōm (“martyrdom”), corresponding to martyr + -dom. Cognate with German Märtyrertum (“martyrdom”), Danish martyrdom (“martyrdom”), Swedish martyrdom (“martyrdom”), Norwegian martyrdom (“martyrdom”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.