The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromμοῖρα“part”
- English todaymoirocaust
From Ancient Greek μοῖρα (moîra, “part”) + καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμοῖρα all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.