Where does “kalamitet” come from?

kalamitet (Danish) comes from French calamité, from Middle French calamité, from Latin calamitās — loss, damage, harm.

kalamitet (Danish): calamity, misfortune

Definitions

  1. calamity, misfortune

Ancestry of “kalamitet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcalamitécalamity, disaster
2Middle Frenchcalamité—
3Latincalamitāsloss, damage, harm
Every word from Latin calamitās →Every word from Middle French calamité →Every word from French calamité →