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calamity
early 15c., from M.Fr.
calamite
, from L.
calamitatem
(nom.
calamitus
) "damage, disaster, adversity," origin obscure. L. writers associated it with
calamus
"straw," but it is perhaps from a lost root preserved in
incolumis
"uninjured."
