Where does “Geflügelpest” come from?

Geflügelpest (German) comes from German Pest, from Middle French peste, from Latin pestis — a disease, plague; a pest; destruction, ruin,...

Geflügelpest (German): avian influenza

Definitions

  1. avian influenza

Ancestry of “Geflügelpest”, step by step

Geflügelpest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Pest

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPestplague
2Middle Frenchpeste—
3Latinpestisa disease, plague; a pest; destruction, ruin,...

via German Geflügel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGeflügelpoultry, meat from birds; poultry, birds raised...
2Old High Germangifugili—
Every word from Latin pestis →Every word from Middle French peste →Every word from German Pest →