Where does “predoom” come from?
predoom (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.
predoom (English): To determine someone's fate in advance
Definitions
- To determine someone's fate in advance
Ancestry of “predoom”, step by step
predoom 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 pre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pre | Before; Precum, Cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate; To... |
| 2 | Latin | prae | before; in front; in front of |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | prai | before; in front of |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |