calamity

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English word calamity comes from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-, Proto-Indo-European *kele-, Old Latin kadamitas (Loss, defeat.)

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*kelh₁- (Proto-Indo-European)

*kele- (Proto-Indo-European)

kadamitas (Old Latin)

Loss, defeat.

clamo (Latin)

(clarification of this definition is being sought) I exclaim. I cry out, clamor, shout.

Blight, crop failure. Loss, damage, harm. Military defeat. Misfortune, disaster.

calamité (Middle French)

calamity (English)

An event resulting in great loss.. The distress that results from some disaster.

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