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+ ==Etymology==

+ Recorded from the later 16th century,^(MW Collegiate)^(Etymonline) [[bor|frm|desastre]],^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) [[der|it|disastro|t=ill-starred]],^(Etymonline)^(AHD) from pejorative ''dis-'' + ''astro'' “star”,^(AHD)^(Etymonline) [[der|la|astrum|t=star]], [[der|grc|ἄστρον|tr=ástron|t=star]],^(AHD)^(RHWU) ultimately [[der|ine-pro|*h₂stḗr|t=star]].^(Wiktionary) The sense is astrological: a calamity blamed on an unfavourable position of a planet.^(Etymonline) Compare [[ill-starred]].^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==References==

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