-geddon

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English word -geddon comes from Hebrew הַר, Hebrew מְגִידּוֹ, and later Hebrew הר מגידו (Hill of Megiddo, Mount Megiddo.)

הַר (Hebrew)

מְגִידּוֹ (Hebrew)

Hill of Megiddo, Mount Megiddo.

Ἁρμαγεδών (Ancient Greek)

Armageddon (English)

(Christianity, Islam) The site of a prophesied final battle between the forces of good and evil.. (by extension) The battle itself.

-geddon (English)

Denoting a catastrophic event caused by or related to the stem word.

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