Calamity etymology

English

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

Detailed word origin of calamity

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*kelh₁- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*kele- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
kadamitas Old Latin (itc-ola) Loss, defeat.
clamo Latin (lat) (clarification of this definition is being sought) I exclaim. I cry out, clamor, shout.
calamitas Latin (lat) Blight, crop failure. Loss, damage, harm. Military defeat. Misfortune, disaster.
calamité Middle French (frm)
calamity English (en) An event resulting in great loss.. The distress that results from some disaster.

Words with the same origin as calamity

Descendants of *kele-

proclaim