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Where does “pestilentia” come from?

pestilentia (Latin) comes from Latin pestilentus, from Latin -ilentus, from Latin -entus, from Latin cruentus, from Latin cruor, from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂- — blood outside the body.

pestilentia (Latin): infectious or contagious disease; plague,...

Definitions

  1. infectious or contagious disease; plague,...

Ancestry of “pestilentia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpestilentuspestilential, unhealthy
2Latin-ilentusadjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,...
3Latin-entusadjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,...
4Latincruentusbloody in its various senses, "particularly:"
5Latincruorblood, gore; murder, bloodshed
6Proto-Indo-Europeankrewh₂-blood outside the body

Words derived from “pestilentia”

  • pestilence
  • pestilence
  • pestilence
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