Etymology of the English word calamitous
the English word
calamitousderived from the Latin word
calamitosus (calamitous; ruinous, destructive)
derived from the Classical Latin word
calamitas (loss, damage, harm)
derived from the English word
calamityderived from the Old French word
calamitederived from the Classical Latin word
calamitas (loss, damage, harm)
derived from the New Latin word
Calamitesderived from the Late Greek word
kalamites, καλαμίτης
derived from the Greek word
kalamos, κάλαμος (a reed (the plant or its stem, or that of a similar plant); by implication, a pen)
derived from the Latin word
calamites (small green frog)
derived from the Late Latin word
calamus (branch; arm; branch of a candelabrum; reed, cane; reed pen)
derived from the Greek word
kalamos, κάλαμος (a reed (the plant or its stem, or that of a similar plant); by implication, a pen)
using the English suffix
-ousderived from the Latin suffix
-osusUsage
Word found in Modern English
