doomsday的词源

英文词源

Doomsday (n.): Old English domes dæg, from domes, genitive of dom (see doom (n.)) + dæg "day" (see day (n.)).

In medieval England it was expected when the world's age reached 6,000 years from creation, which was thought to have been in 5200 B.C. Bede, c.720, complained of being pestered by rustici asking him how many years till the sixth millennium ended. There is no evidence for a general panic in the year 1000 C.E. Doomsday machine "bomb powerful enough to wipe out human life on earth" is from 1960.

来自doom's day，单词doom（厄运，劫数，注定）的本意是“判决”，其同源词deem [diːm] v.认为；评价；视作，就是在做判断，而传说中俄罗斯的国家机构“杜马”写作Duma ['du:mə] n.杜马，意思是议会，是立法（裁断）机关。

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