The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀποκαλυπτικός“revelatory”
- Latin · borrowed fromapocalypticus
- English todayapocalyptic
Borrowed from Latin apocalypticus, from Ancient Greek ἀποκαλυπτικός (apokaluptikós, “revelatory”), from ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis, “revelation”), from ἀποκαλύπτω (apokalúptō, “to reveal, uncover”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.