{"era":"current","word":"catastrophic","meaning":"disastrous; involving catastrophe","children":[{"era":"1600s","word":"catastrophe + -ic","meaning":"formed from catastrophe with an adjectival suffix","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"catastrophe","meaning":"a sudden disaster or reversal","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"Greek katastrophē","meaning":"overturning, downfall","children":[],"language":"Greek"}],"language":"French via Latin from Greek"}],"language":"Modern English"}],"language":"Modern English"}