Where does “Pest” come from?

Pest comes from Middle French peste, from Latin pestis, meaning a plague or pestilence.

Pest (English): A plague, pestilence, epidemic; Any destructive...

Definitions

  1. A plague, pestilence, epidemic; Any destructive...

Ancestry of “Pest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchpeste—
2Latinpestisa disease, plague; a pest; destruction, ruin,...

Words derived from “Pest”

Every word from Latin pestis →