DOOM (Old Eng. dOm, a word

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• COMMON

common to

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• TENT

Tent.

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• LANGUAGES

languages for that which is set up or ordered, from " do," in its

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• ORIGINAL

original meaning of "

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• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place "; cf, Gr. &

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• ASS (O.E. assa; Lat. asinus)
• ASS, FEAST OF THE

Ass, from

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• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem of ri'

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• RUST (O.E. rust, a word which appears in -many Teutonic languages, cf. Du. roest, Ger. rost); in origin it is allied with " ruddy " and " red," the reddish-brown powdery substance which forms on the surface of iron or steel exposed to atmospheric corrosio

rust)  , originally a law or enactment, the legal decision of a judge, and particularly an adverse sentence on a criminal . The word is thus applicable to the adverse decrees of fate, and particularly to the day of judgment . The verb " deem," to deliver a judgment, and hence to give or hold an opinion, is a derivative, and appears also in various old Teutonic forms . It is seen in " deemster," the name of the two judges of the Isle of Man .