Where does domesday book come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

domesday book

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English

Syllables: domes-day -book
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name

The Book of Winchester; the principal record of the Domesday survey of England carried out in 1086 for William the Conqueror, comprising of two volumes: the Great Domesday Book and the Little Domesday Book.

noun

One of the volumes of the Domesday Book.

noun

A record of any other Norman survey.

Etymology

From Middle English Domesdei. According to Dialogus de Scaccario (circa 1180): Hic liber ab indigenis ‘Domesdei’ nuncupatur, id est dies iudicii per metaphoram. Sicut enim districti et terribilis examinis illius nouissimi sententia nulla tergiuersationis arte ualet eludi, sic cum orta fuerit in regno contentio de hiis rebus que illic annotantur, cum uentum fuerit ad librum, sententia eius infatuari non potest uel impune declinari: its decisions were final, as those on doomsday.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: Domesdei

Inflected Forms

the Domesday Book (canonical) Doomsday Book (alternative, uncommon) Domesday Books (plural)

Derived Forms

Domesday

Phrases

Domesday circuit Domesday survey Exon Domesday Great Domesday Book Little Domesday Book Winton Domesday Boldon Book

Frequently Paired Words

Boldon Book

Synonyms

Book of Winchester Exchequer Domesday Liber de Wintonia