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Where does “pize” come from?

pize (English) comes from English pest, from Middle French peste, from Latin pestis — a disease, plague; a pest; destruction, ruin,...

pize (English): Pox; pest; used in various imprecatory...

Definitions

  1. Pox; pest; used in various imprecatory...

Ancestry of “pize”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpestA plague, pestilence, epidemic; Any destructive...
2Middle Frenchpeste—
3Latinpestisa disease, plague; a pest; destruction, ruin,...
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