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Re:Id Software Is Trying to Stop a Man Who Wants to Name His... by egypturnash on Sunday November 14, 2021 @09:14AM (#29217256)
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”

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Re:Id Software Is Trying to Stop a Man Who Wants to Name His... by mellavora on Sunday November 14, 2021 @09:44AM (#29217448)
Swedish/Nordic. Dom. To judge, judgement. Doomsday is judgement day. Very old word.
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