calamity C2 Topic:Abstract Ideas US /kəˈlæmɪti/ See IPA manual Freq #14666 Meanings 1 noun An event that causes great harm, loss, or suffering; a disaster. The flood was the worst calamity the region had seen in a century. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an event that causes great... disaster Word family Forms calamities Derived forms calamitistfiscalamity Related forms calamitouscalamitously Etymology AI details From Middle French calamité, from Latin calamitās (“loss, damage; disaster”). *kelh₂- Proto-Indo-European calamité Middle French calamitās Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # calamity **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /kəˈlæmɪti/ **Frequency rank:** 14666 ## Meanings 1. An event that causes great harm, loss, or suffering; a disaster. ## Examples - The flood was the worst calamity the region had seen in a century. ## Derived Forms - calamitist - fiscalamity ## Related Forms - calamitous - calamitously ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *kelh₂- - Root: calamité - Root: calamitās ## Etymology From Middle French calamité, from Latin calamitās (“loss, damage; disaster”). ## AI Etymology Calamity is from Middle French calamité, from Latin calamitās (“loss, damage; disaster”). Important recorded forms include *kelh₂- (Proto-Indo-European), calamité (Middle French), and calamitās (Latin). Current senses include an event that causes great harm, loss, or suffering; a disaster. The wider family includes derived forms such as calamitist and fiscalamity; related words such as calamitous and calamitously. ## Topics - Abstract Ideas - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown