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English word doom comes from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-, Proto-Indo-European - mos, and later Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos (That which is put, placed.)
*dʰeh₁- (Proto-Indo-European)
- mos (Proto-Indo-European)
*dʰóh₁mos (Proto-Indo-European)
That which is put, placed.
*dōmaz (Proto-Germanic)
Judgement.
𐌳𐍉𐌼𐌹𐌰𐌽 (Gothic)
dōm (Old English)
dom (Old English)
Judgement. Law, statute.
dom (Middle English)
doom (English)
(countable, historical) A judgment or decision.. (countable, historical) A law.. (countable, historical) A sentence or penalty for illegal behaviour.. (sometimes capitalized) The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation of it.. A feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness or despair.. An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.. Death.. [...]