Where does “disastrously” come from?
Disastrously comes from English disastrous, derived from French désastreux, Middle French desastre, Italian disastro, and Latin astrum meaning star, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ.
disastrously (English): In a disastrous way
Ancestry of “disastrously”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | disastrous | Of the nature of a disaster; calamitous;... |
| 2 | English | disaster | An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of... |
| 3 | Middle French | desastre | disaster |
| 4 | Italian | disastro | disaster; first-person singular present... |
| 5 | Italian | astro | celestial body, star; A person exceptionally... |
| 6 | Latin | astrum | a star |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἄστρον | A celestial body |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀστήρ | a celestial body; illustrious person; starfish |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | astḗr | star |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂stḗr | star |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHs- | to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth |