Natalia Quintana
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Do you want to know where the word DISASTER comes from? Click to find out.
"DIS" means bad, and "ASTER" means STAR. This word comes from the Greeks who used to blame calamities on the stars and planetary movements.
2019年6月17日 09:27
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That's interesting.

Following this logic a word "cafeteria" came from "coffee tea area"


2019年6月17日
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Thank you, Natalia 
Interesting information. 
2019年6月17日
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catastrophe

mid 16th century (in the sense ‘denouement’): from Latin catastropha, from Greek katastrophē‘overturning, sudden turn’, from kata- ‘down’ + strophē ‘turning’ (from strephein ‘to turn’)
2019年6月18日
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interesting
2019年6月17日
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Yes. It comes indirectly from Greek.

Here is one explanation from an etymology site.


disaster (n.)

"anything that befalls of ruinous or distressing nature; any unfortunate event," especially a sudden or great misfortune, 1590s, from Middle French <em>désastre</em> (1560s), from Italian <em>disastro,</em> literally "ill-starred," from <em>dis-</em>, here merely pejorative, equivalent to English <em>mis-</em> "ill" (see <a href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/dis-?ref=etymonline_crossreference" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(131, 0, 29);">dis-</a>) + <em>astro</em> "star, planet," from Latin <em>astrum</em>, from Greek <em>astron</em> "star" (from PIE root <a href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/*ster-?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_52592" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(131, 0, 29);">*ster-</a> (2) "star").

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