havoc
意味
- (自然の力・暴動などによる)大破壊,荒廃,大混乱,大騒ぎ
例文
His statement raised havoc.
彼の発言は混乱を引き起こした。
An enormous number of insects hatched this year, wreaking havoc on crops.
今年は、おびただしい数の害虫が発生して、農作物に多大な被害が起きた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English havok, havyk, from Old French havok in the phrase crier havok (“cry havoc”) a signal to soldiers to seize plunder, from Old French crier (“cry out, shout”) + havot (“pillaging, looting”), of obscure origin. Probably from a derivative of Old French *haf, hef (“hook”), from Frankish *haf, *habbjā, *happjā (“pruning-hook, scythe”), derived from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to take up, lift”), related to Old French havee (“handful”), Old French havet (“pruning-hook”), Old High German habba, heppa (“pruning-hook, scythe”), modern German Hippe (“billhook”). If so, then also related to English heave and doublet of hatchet.