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The word 'disaster' comes from the the Middle French desastre, from Italian disastro. It is formed of the prefix "dis" (away, without) and the word "astro" (star).
It is related to the astrological idea that calamities occur because of the unfavourable position of a star in the heavens.
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∙ 11y agoThe prefix in the word "destroy" is de-. The root word is clearer in the word "destruct" which means the same thing and comes from the same roots.
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∙ 11y agoThere is no prefix in the word devastation. The root word is 'devastate'.
The suffix is -tion.
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