The term "disaster" is derived from the Latin "dis" meaning "bad/negative" and "aster/astrum" meaning "star/comet" because any time an ancient culture observed a comet, they would interpret it as a sign from the gods of impending doom. Because of this, the term "disaster" came to mean "ill-starred event" in Italian as time progressed...
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