cataclysme
French
noun
Definitions
- cataclysm
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cataclysmus derived from Ancient Greek κατακλυσμός (flood, deluge, inundation).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κατακλυσμός
Gloss
flood, deluge, inundation
Kanji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cataclysmos Latin
- cataclysmus Latin
- cataclysmique French
- cataclismo Spanish, Castilian
- κατακλυσμός Ancient Greek
- *ḱlew- Proto-Indo-European
- kataklizm Polish