Disaster 047
Disaster 047 :
"Apparently the word etymologically entered the English language from a work in French (desastre), which in turn was a derivation from two Latin words (dis, astro), which combined meant, roughly, formed on a star. So, in its early usage, the word disaster had reference to unfavorable or negative effects, usually of a personal nature, resulting from a star or a planet.... In time, the word disaster was applied more to major physical disturbances such as earthquakes and floods, or what came to be traditionally known as Acts of God. With the spread of more secular and non-religious ideologies, nature was increasingly substituted for the supernatural and the tern natural disaster came to the fore" (Quarantelli 1987, 8)
No records Found