Morpheme
Calame
Type
bound base
Denotation
loss, damage, harm, misfortune, disaster, defeat, blight, failure
Etymology
Latin calamitās, from unattested *calamis + -tās
Evidence
calamities, calamitist, calamitous, calamitously, calamitousness, calamity
Notes
classical base analysis
Modern Base Analysis
<Calamite> denoting “calamity”
alternative modern base analysis without suffixal construction -itous
from calamity, from Latin calamitās, from unattested *calamis + -tās
calamitous, calamitously, calamitousness
