Where does “pestilencial” come from?

pestilencial (Catalan) comes from English pestilent, from Latin pestilens, from Latin pestis — a disease, plague; a pest; destruction, ruin,...

pestilencial (Catalan): pestiferous, pestilent

Definitions

  1. pestiferous, pestilent

Ancestry of “pestilencial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpestilentHighly injurious or destructive to life: deadly;...
2Latinpestilenspestilential, infected, unhealthy; noxious,...
3Latinpestisa disease, plague; a pest; destruction, ruin,...
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