Where does “Doom” come from?
Doom comes from Middle English dome, Old English dōm, Proto-Germanic dōmaz, and Proto-Indo-European dʰóh₁mos, ultimately from the root dʰeh₁- meaning to place or put.
Doom (English): A popular first-person shooter video game, often regarded as the progenitor of the genre
Definitions
- A popular first-person shooter video game, often regarded as the progenitor of the genre
Ancestry of “Doom”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | doom | a judgement, (legal) decision or sentence |
| 2 | Old English | dōm | might, power, glory; judgement; doom, judgment,... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | dōmi | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | dōną | to do, make; to put, place |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéh₁t | to put, to place; to do |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |