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Where does “peste” come from?

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

Ancestry of “peste”, step by step

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

Words derived from “peste”

  • pest
  • pesticide
  • pesky
  • pesthouse
  • biopesticide
  • pesticidal
  • pesty
  • pize
  • pesthole
  • nonpest
  • pesting
  • peskily
  • antipest
  • biopesticidal
  • empest
  • peskiness
  • antipesticide
  • nonpesticidal
  • mycopesticide
  • nonpesticide
  • pestful
  • impest
  • pestlike
  • pestology
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