Where does “doomscroller” come from?
doomscroller (English) comes from English scroller, from English scroll, from Middle English scrowle, from Middle English scrowe, from Old French escroe, from Latin scrofa, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- — to cut, cut off, sever.
doomscroller (English): A person who engages in doomscrolling
Definitions
- A person who engages in doomscrolling
Ancestry of “doomscroller”, step by step
doomscroller traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English scroller
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | scroller | One who, or that which, scrolls |
| 2 | English | scroll | A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed... |
| 3 | Middle English | scrowle | scroll, document, bill |
| 4 | Middle English | scrowe | bill, slip, bit of parchment |
| 5 | Old French | escroe | piece, strip (of something) |
| 6 | Latin | scrofa | sow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kerbʰ- | to scratch, scrape |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
via English Doom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Doom | A popular first-person shooter video game, often regarded as the progenitor of the genre |
| 2 | Middle English | doom | a judgement, (legal) decision or sentence |
| 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 |