The term calamity comes from the Latin "calamitas" or "calamitatis" which means blow, scourge, scourge or damage, but in another sense it is used to denote disaster or misfortune, this word derives from an Indo-European root. In our language, when we use the word calamity, we do it to refer to a misfortune, misfortune, suffering or adversity that affects several individuals. This phenomenon alters the regular order of things depending on where it happens. A very vivid example of a calamity can be a natural event, such as earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, plague, volcanic eruptions, or in such cases man-made such as war.
The word calamity is also used to describe an incompetent, clumsy and incapable person or individual that nothing goes right and all kinds of misfortunes or bad luck happen to them. Also mentioning this word is to emphasize that something is of poor quality, and that it causes a bad impression on the eyes, that is, something that is not well done.
Another very particular use is to refer to a domestic calamity, this word describes, in the workplace a severe family or home event and affects the common development of occupations and tasks of a person at work, these could be a illness, death of a family member or friend, or serious injury; therefore, the head of said entity or organization will be in a position to grant the employee who suffers such a calamity the opportunity to resolve this event.
