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
- infectious or contagious disease; plague,...
Ancestry of “pestilentia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | pestilentus | pestilential, unhealthy |
| 2 | Latin | -ilentus | adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,... |
| 3 | Latin | -entus | adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,... |
| 4 | Latin | cruentus | bloody in its various senses, "particularly:" |
| 5 | Latin | cruor | blood, gore; murder, bloodshed |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | krewh₂- | blood outside the body |
Words derived from “pestilentia”