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Where does “disastro” come from?

disastro (Italian) comes from Italian astro, from Latin astrum, from Ancient Greek ἄστρον, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ, from Proto-Hellenic astḗr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂stḗr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eHs- — to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth.

disastro (Italian): disaster; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. disaster; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “disastro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianastrocelestial body, star; A person exceptionally...
2Latinastruma star
3Ancient GreekἄστρονA celestial body
4Ancient Greekἀστήρa celestial body; illustrious person; starfish
5Proto-Hellenicastḗrstar
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂stḗrstar
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eHs-to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth

Words derived from “disastro”

  • disaster
  • disastrous
  • disastrously
  • postdisaster
  • predisaster
  • nondisaster
  • disastrousness
  • megadisaster
  • ecodisaster
  • disasterly
  • minidisaster
  • undisastrous
  • nondisastrous
  • disasterless
  • disastroso
  • disastrosamente
  • disastrare
  • désastreux
  • désastre
  • mégadésastre
  • desaströs
  • desastre
  • dezastru
  • desastre
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