Catastrophe

 The word "catastrophe" comes straight from the Greek "katastrophe," which was related to a compound of "kata" (“down”) and "stréphein" (“turn”). Literally, a catastrophe is a “turning over” of something, a “trampling” or a “sudden end.” The word was first used in English as a technical term in drama to describe the turning point of a play. Two hundred years later, "catastrophe" began to be used in the non-theatrical sense of “sudden destruction.”