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Latin

calamitas

damage, disaster, misfortune

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Two displaced residents stand on dry higher ground overlooking a devastating neighborhood flood: water reaches house windows, a car is partly submerged, and broken household debris floats past.
noun

calamity

kuh-LAM-uh-tee/kəˈlæməti/

An event causing great harm or suffering.

Etymology
calamityLatindamage, loss, disaster

Calamitas covered damage, loss, and adversity. English calamity moved from describing a state of hardship to naming a disastrous event that causes it; the Latin word's deeper origin remains obscure.

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