Etymograph

English

foredoom

From fore- + doom.

Formed from fore- + doom

Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘before, formerly’

Proto-Germanic *fura- ‘before, in front of, for’

Proto-West Germanic *forē- ‘before, in front of, fore-, pre-’

English fore-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’

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Proto-Germanic *dōmaz ‘judgement’

Proto-West Germanic *dōm ‘judgement’

Old English dōm ‘judgement’

Middle English doom ‘a judgement, (legal) decision or sentence’

English doom

Today it means

noun A doom that is predicted; destiny.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / foredoom