Where does “doomscrolling” come from?
doomscrolling (English) comes from English Doom, from Middle English doom, from Old English dōm, from Proto-Germanic dōmi, from Proto-Germanic dōną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁t, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
doomscrolling (English): The practice of continually reading Internet news about catastrophic events
Definitions
- The practice of continually reading Internet news about catastrophic events
Ancestry of “doomscrolling”, step by step
doomscrolling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English scrolling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | scrolling | present participle of scroll; The continuous... |