disastrous

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromᾰ̓́στρον
2. Latin · derived fromastrum“star, celestial body”
3. Latin · derived fromdis-
4. Italian · derived fromdisastroso
5. Italian · derived fromdisastro
6. Middle French · derived fromdesastreux
7. English todaydisastrous

From disaster + -ous, after Middle French desastreux (modern French désastreux; from desastre (modern French désastre, “disaster”; from des- + astre, a calque of Italian disastro) + -eux), itself after Italian disastroso, from disastro + -oso, from dis- (“away, without”) (from Latin dis-) + astro (“star, planet”) (from Latin astrum (“star, celestial body”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron)).

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