Where does “calamiteux” come from?

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

calamiteux (French): calamitous

Definitions

  1. calamitous

Ancestry of “calamiteux”, step by step

calamiteux traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French calamité

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

via Latin calamitosus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincalamitosuscalamitous, disastrous, ruinous, destructive

Words derived from “calamiteux”

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