It came out in a different guise under Model Driven Architecture and executable specifications a few years back.
It'll pop up again in the future under some other name. The principle is as old as computing itself, though.
Say pg/psql.
> Beginning at the center, each layer is translated into one or more languages with lower-level semantics.
ORM mapping into Java?
> At the outermost layer of the application, the final language is that of the application’s environment — for example, the programming language’s standard library or foreign function interface, or possibly even machine instructions.
Or maybe even html+javascript.
Congratulations, you have (re-)invented the layered architecture.
> Say pg/psql.
Minor nitpick: "pg/psql" is not the language of the domain model. The language of the domain model is stuff like "A car is considered 'All-Wheel Drive' if the drivetrain delivers power to any/all of the axles, not just a single axle."
pg/psql requires translating that domain-model language into something (roughly) like
set @awdCars := (select * from cars where drivetrainAxles >= allAxles) > Beginning at the center, each layer is translated into one or more languages with lower-level semantics.
ORM mapping into Java?
Here's another for you: Lilith. Assembly is messy. So, they create a stack machine (M-code - P-code variant) that idealizes it plus easily compiles to it or implementable at CPU level. Then, they create a 3GL called Modula-2 that's closer to how they express programs but has underlying model of M-code and outputs M-code. In theory, they could go further like 4GL's did to build domain-specific languages that abstract away boiler plate with code generation but still consistent with Modula-2 style. And so on. Easier in functional languages but I'm sure you can see the pattern.
That's what you usually get out of the DSL or interpreter approaches if using a LISP, Haskell, or imperative language designed to make it easy. Languages designed to do them well. A series of transforms with a certain amount of consistency from start to finish. These days, there's even safety techniques for the transforms that they didn't have way back in the day. :)