Where does “calamité” come from?

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

calamité (French): calamity, disaster

Definitions

  1. calamity, disaster

Ancestry of “calamité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchcalamité—
2Latincalamitāsloss, damage, harm

Words derived from “calamité”

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