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PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD

ALL DISPUTES ↗
CLAIM / COUNTERCLAIM / LIMITRECORD 11

DISPUTE
RECORD.

One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.

openprobable

Exactly which Romance language handed the word to English?

French and Italian stages are both central in reference accounts; a single linear donor route can overstate the surviving evidence.

WORD UNDER REVIEWDISPUTE 11

disaster

/dɪˈzæstər/ · noun

A catastrophe whose name preserves an astrological model of misfortune: an unfavorable star.

01

DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE

1 SOURCES WITH A STANCE

A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.

02 / EDITORIAL STATE

THE QUESTION REMAINS OPEN.

CONFIDENCE
probable
STATUS
open
LEGACY SOURCE SUMMARY
Merriam-Webster and Romance historical lexicography
WHY NO RESOLUTION

The reviewed evidence does not yet warrant collapsing the competing or incomplete analyses into one secure answer.