Words that come from Latin “pestis”
139 words across 25 languages descend from Latin pestis — including pest, pestilence, pesticide, pesky, pestilent, pestiferous, rinderpest, pesthouse.
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English (43)
- pest
- pestilence
- pesticide
- pesky
- pestilent
- pestiferous
- rinderpest
- pesthouse
- biopesticide
- pesticidal
- pesty
- pize
- pesthole
- pestilently
- pestiferously
- nonpest
- peskily
- pesting
- antipest
- biopesticidal
- empest
- peskiness
- antipesticide
- pestiferousness
- nonpesticidal
- mycopesticide
- nonpesticide
- pestful
- impest
- pestlike
- pestology
- pestiduct
- pesticidally
- pestologist
- pestological
- Pest
- agropesticide
- nanopesticide
- pest-free
- pestify
- pestily
- Pestminster
- pestproof