doomsday

C2+ Topic:Time

US /ˈdumzdeɪ/ UK /ˈduːmzdeɪ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the day of the Last Judgment; a time of catastrophe

The cult prepared its bunker for a doomsday that never came.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the day of the last... apocalypse armageddon judgment cataclysm

Word family

Related forms doom day doomsman

Etymology

From Old English domes dæg ('day of judgment'), from dom ('judgment, doom') + dæg ('day'). Dom is from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, from PIE *dhe- ('to set, put').

domes dæg Old English dom Dutch *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European

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# doomsday

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈdumzdeɪ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈduːmzdeɪ/

## Meanings
1. the day of the Last Judgment; a time of catastrophe

## Examples
- The cult prepared its bunker for a doomsday that never came.

## Synonyms
- apocalypse
- armageddon
- judgment
- cataclysm

## Related Forms
- doom
- day
- doomsman

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: domes dæg
- Root: dom
- Root: *dʰeh₁-

## Etymology
From Old English domes dæg ('day of judgment'), from dom ('judgment, doom') + dæg ('day'). Dom is from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, from PIE *dhe- ('to set, put').

## AI Etymology
Doomsday is from Old English domes dæg ('day of judgment'), from dom ('judgment, doom') + dæg ('day'). Dom is from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, from PIE *dhe- ('to set, put'). The ancestry passes through Old English domes dæg, Old English dom, and Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-. In present use as a noun, it means "the day of the Last Judgment; a time of catastrophe", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include doom, day, and doomsman. The surrounding word family keeps the same base visible in doom, day, and doomsman, showing how the headword belongs to a larger cluster rather than standing alone.

## Topics
- Time
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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