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

The word doom was around long before the game.

This is ridiculous. Companies don't magically own all the words.

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.

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.

"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

"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-...

> 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.

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

> The etymology mentions proto-indo-european

That doesn't mean much. Compare 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.

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

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

It goes all the way back to Middle English, with roots further back. https://www.etymonline.com/word/doom

“Modern adverse sense of "fate, ruin, destruction" begins early 14c. and is general after c. 1600”

Swedish/Nordic. Dom. To judge, judgement. Doomsday is judgement day. Very old word.

I can't believe someone asked this. Seriously?

What is not clear? They have a detailed etymology