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CHILD / LATER FORM / attestedItalian / early Italian · early modern Italian

disastro

calamity; unfavorable star

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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedItalian / early Italian · Italian

astro

star; celestial body

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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP

EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE

SOUND CHANGE

Italian disastro combines the negative prefix dis- with astro “star.”

SEMANTIC CHANGE

An unfavorable star or astral influence became calamity.

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EDITORIAL STATUS

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RELATION / 26disaster

disastro → astro

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