Where does “disasterpiece” come from?
disasterpiece (English) comes from English masterpiece, from English Master, from English Mast, from French masse, from Old French mace, from Vulgar Latin mattia, from Latin mateola, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
disasterpiece (English): An anti-masterpiece; a complete disaster
Definitions
- An anti-masterpiece; a complete disaster
Ancestry of “disasterpiece”, step by step
disasterpiece traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English masterpiece
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | masterpiece | A piece of work that has been given much critical... |
| 2 | English | Master | Prepended to a boy's name or surname as a form... |
| 3 | English | Mast | — |
| 4 | French | masse | a paste, a dough; large amount or quantity of... |
| 5 | Old French | mace | mace weapon |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | mattia | — |
| 7 | Latin | mateola | The meaning of this term is uncertain.... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English disaster
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | disaster | An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of... |
| 2 | Middle French | desastre | disaster |
| 3 | Italian | disastro | disaster; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Italian | astro | celestial body, star; A person exceptionally... |
| 5 | Latin | astrum | a star |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἄστρον | A celestial body |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀστήρ | a celestial body; illustrious person; starfish |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | astḗr | star |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂stḗr | star |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHs- | to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth |