desastre
/deˈsastɾe/ · A2 · noun · m
catastrophe
🌠 des- (bad) + astre (star): a disaster is an ill-starred event
From Italian disastro: dis- (bad, away) + astro (star), the same root as astronomy and Spanish astro. A calamity was blamed on an unlucky star. English disaster is the same word, so only the des- spelling is new.