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I am not sure: did the word doom predate the game or did Id invented it ?. The word origin isn't very clear in wiktionary [1]. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/d

I am not sure: did the word doom predate the game or did Id invented it ?. The word origin isn't very clear in wiktionary [1]. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/doom https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/doom

Brian_K_White 5y ago
I can't believe someone asked this. Seriously?
egypturnash 5y ago
It goes all the way back to Middle English, with roots further back. https://www.etymonline.com/word/doom https://www.etymonline.com/word/doom “Modern adverse sense of "fate, ruin, destruction" begins early 14c. and is general after c. 1600”
- mellavora 5y ago
  Swedish/Nordic. Dom. To judge, judgement. Doomsday is judgement day. Very old word.
acdw 5y ago
Doom is an extremely old word[1] that was originally neutral in meaning, but has had a negative connotation since the 14th century. [1]: https://www.etymonline.com/word/doom#etymonline_v_13942 https://www.etymonline.com/word/doom#etymonline_v_13942
jjbinx007 5y ago
The word doom was around long before the game. This is ridiculous. Companies don't magically own all the words.
- 14 5y ago
  It reminds me how Paris Hilton trademarked the words “that’s hot”. Like she was the first person to say that. What a ridiculous world we have some times.
  - adventured 5y ago
    Just do it. I'm lovin' it. Think different. Eat fresh. It's finger lickin' good. Slogan trademarks are definitely another monster in the trademark space.
bussierem 5y ago
Well it's not exact, it's the middle english spelling, but the "Doomsday Book"[1], aka "Domesday Book" comes from 1086, so that might predate Id by a bit. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesday_Book https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesday_Book
tobr 5y ago
Is this an attempt at sarcasm? The etymology mentions proto-indo-european, which predates Id by a little bit.
- thaumasiotes 5y ago
  > The etymology mentions proto-indo-european That doesn't mean much. Compare https://www.etymonline.com/word/loot https://www.etymonline.com/word/loot : > "goods taken from an enemy, etc.," > from PIE *roup-tro-, from root *reup- "to snatch" This would make it a cognate of rape, by the way. But being traceable to Proto-Indo-European doesn't tell you anything about the age of the English word. That is a loan from Hindi, and only dates back to the British Raj.
legutierr 5y ago
"Be it so, for I submit: his doom is fair, That dust I am, and shall to dust return." http://knarf.english.upenn.edu/Milton/pl10.html http://knarf.english.upenn.edu/Milton/pl10.html "Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, but bears it out even to the edge of doom." https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45106/sonnet-116-let-me-not-to-the-marriage-of-true-minds https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45106/sonnet-116-let-...
alophawen 5y ago
What is not clear? They have a detailed etymology
ingenieros 5y ago
If anything Tom Cruise should be the one suing Id Software http://www.factfiend.com/how-tom-cruise-inspired-doom/ http://www.factfiend.com/how-tom-cruise-inspired-doom/
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thaumasiotes 5y ago
> The word origin isn't very clear in wiktionary Huh? Is 'from Old English dōm ("judgement")' not clear enough for you? It's a native word; as far as we know it's infinitely old.

I am not sure: did the word doom predate the game or did Id invented it ?. The word origin isn't very clear in wiktionary [1]. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/doom https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/doom

Brian_K_White 5y ago

I can't believe someone asked this. Seriously?

egypturnash 5y ago

It goes all the way back to Middle English, with roots further back. https://www.etymonline.com/word/doom https://www.etymonline.com/word/doom “Modern adverse sense of "fate, ruin, destruction" begins early 14c. and is general after c. 1600”

mellavora 5y ago
Swedish/Nordic. Dom. To judge, judgement. Doomsday is judgement day. Very old word.

acdw 5y ago

Doom is an extremely old word[1] that was originally neutral in meaning, but has had a negative connotation since the 14th century. [1]: https://www.etymonline.com/word/doom#etymonline_v_13942 https://www.etymonline.com/word/doom#etymonline_v_13942

jjbinx007 5y ago

The word doom was around long before the game. This is ridiculous. Companies don't magically own all the words.

14 5y ago
It reminds me how Paris Hilton trademarked the words “that’s hot”. Like she was the first person to say that. What a ridiculous world we have some times.
- adventured 5y ago
  Just do it. I'm lovin' it. Think different. Eat fresh. It's finger lickin' good. Slogan trademarks are definitely another monster in the trademark space.

bussierem 5y ago

Well it's not exact, it's the middle english spelling, but the "Doomsday Book"[1], aka "Domesday Book" comes from 1086, so that might predate Id by a bit. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesday_Book https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesday_Book

tobr 5y ago

Is this an attempt at sarcasm? The etymology mentions proto-indo-european, which predates Id by a little bit.

thaumasiotes 5y ago
> The etymology mentions proto-indo-european That doesn't mean much. Compare https://www.etymonline.com/word/loot https://www.etymonline.com/word/loot : > "goods taken from an enemy, etc.," > from PIE *roup-tro-, from root *reup- "to snatch" This would make it a cognate of rape, by the way. But being traceable to Proto-Indo-European doesn't tell you anything about the age of the English word. That is a loan from Hindi, and only dates back to the British Raj.

legutierr 5y ago

"Be it so, for I submit: his doom is fair, That dust I am, and shall to dust return." http://knarf.english.upenn.edu/Milton/pl10.html http://knarf.english.upenn.edu/Milton/pl10.html "Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, but bears it out even to the edge of doom." https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45106/sonnet-116-let-me-not-to-the-marriage-of-true-minds https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45106/sonnet-116-let-...

alophawen 5y ago

What is not clear? They have a detailed etymology

ingenieros 5y ago

If anything Tom Cruise should be the one suing Id Software http://www.factfiend.com/how-tom-cruise-inspired-doom/ http://www.factfiend.com/how-tom-cruise-inspired-doom/

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thaumasiotes 5y ago

> The word origin isn't very clear in wiktionary Huh? Is 'from Old English dōm ("judgement")' not clear enough for you? It's a native word; as far as we know it's infinitely old.