Where does “dooms” come from?
Dooms comes from Old English dōm, from Proto-Germanic dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰóh₁mos, ultimately from the root dʰeh₁- meaning to place or put.
dooms (English): plural of doom; Third-person singular simple...
Definitions
- plural of doom; Third-person singular simple...
Ancestry of “dooms”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | doom | Destiny, especially terrible; An undesirable... |
| 2 | Middle English | dome | a judgement, decision or sentence; a decision or... |
| 3 | Old English | dōm | might, power, glory; judgement; doom, judgment,... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | dōmi | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | dōną | to do, make; to put, place |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéh₁t | to put, to place; to do |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |