d 2 i 1 s 1 a 1 s 1 t 1 r 1 o 1 u 1 s 1
10 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; ; ; ; - Charles Darwin; - Douglas MacArthur
originFrom 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)).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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