Where does “calamiteit” come from?

calamiteit (Dutch) comes from French calamité, from Middle French calamité, from Latin calamitās — loss, damage, harm.

calamiteit (Dutch): large disaster, calamity

Definitions

  1. large disaster, calamity

Ancestry of “calamiteit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcalamitécalamity, disaster
2Middle Frenchcalamité—
3Latincalamitāsloss, damage, harm

Words derived from “calamiteit”

Every word from Latin calamitās →Every word from Middle French calamité →Every word from French calamité →