Where does “doomsdate” come from?
doomsdate (English) comes from English date, from Middle English date, from Old French date, from Latin data, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre, from Proto-Italic didō — to give.
doomsdate (English): The date of doomsday, or some catastrophic and...
Definitions
- The date of doomsday, or some catastrophic and...
Ancestry of “doomsdate”, step by step
doomsdate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English date
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | date | The fruit of the date palm, "Phoenix... |
| 2 | Middle English | date | — |
| 3 | Old French | date | date point in time |
| 4 | Latin | data | nominative feminine singular of datus; nominative... |
| 5 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 6 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 7 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |
via English doomsday
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | doomsday | The day when God is expected to judge the world;... |
| 2 | Middle English | dai | Alternative form of day |
| 3 | Old English | dæg | day, as a period from sunrise to sunset and as... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | dag | day |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | dagaz | day; name of the D-rune |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰegʷʰ- | to burn; warm, hot |