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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.

17 jun. 2019 09:27

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That's interesting.

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

17 juni 2019

Thank you, Natalia

Interesting information.

17 juni 2019

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’)

18 juni 2019

interesting

17 juni 2019

Yes. It comes indirectly from Greek.

Here is one explanation from an etymology site.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/disaster

disaster (n.)

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

17 juni 2019

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