What does "Apocalypto" mean?

"Apocalypto" comes from the word "apocalypse." In Mel's own words: "Apocalypto ... just expresses so well [ what] I want to convey. I think it's just a universal word. In order for something to begin, something has to end." Dictionary definition: a·poc·a·lypse n. 1. a) Apocalypse (Abbr. Apoc.) Bible. The Book of Revelation. b) Any of a number of anonymous Jewish or Christian texts from around the second century B.C. to the second century A.D. containing prophetic or symbolic visions, especially of the imminent destruction of the world and the salvation of the righteous. 2. Great or total devastation; doom: the apocalypse of nuclear war. 3. A prophetic disclosure; a revelation. [Middle English Apocalipse, from Late Latin Apocalypsis, from Greek apokalupsis, revelation, Apocalypse, from apokaluptein, to uncover : apo-, apo- + kaluptein, to cover.] (source: "apocalypse." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. Answers.com 31 Jan. 2006. http://www.answers.com/topic/apocalypse)