Where does “peste” come from?

peste (Italian) comes from Latin pestis — a disease, plague; a pest; destruction, ruin,...

peste (Italian): plague; pest, nuisance; urchin

Definitions

  1. plague; pest, nuisance; urchin

Ancestry of “peste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpestisa disease, plague; a pest; destruction, ruin,...

Words derived from “peste

Every word from Latin pestis
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