Words that come from Latin pestis

74 words across 18 languages descend from Latin pestis — including pest, pestilence, pesticide, pesky, pestilent, pestiferous, pesthouse, biopesticide.

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English (34)

Latin (6)

French (5)

German (4)

Hungarian (3)

Cebuano (3)

Italian (3)

Luxembourgish (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Portuguese (2)

Spanish (2)

Middle French (1)

Japanese (1)

Danish (1)

Catalan (1)

Old French (1)

Dutch (1)

Words from Latin pestis — 74 descendants | Etymology Explorer