Myth & LegendGreek → English
Chaos
/ˈkeɪɒs/
Complete disorder and confusion.
The Greek roots
χάος
cháos
gaping void
Literally: “the primordial void”
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The story of the word
In Greek myth, Chaos was the yawning emptiness before the world began. The word later came to mean utter disorder.
The same roots elsewhere
Other languages reached for exactly the same Greek pieces.
In a sentence
The sudden storm turned the festival into chaos.