Where does “pestă” come from?

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

pestă (Romanian): pest, plague, Black Death

Definitions

  1. pest, plague, Black Death

Ancestry of “pestă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpesteplague; brat; pest
2Latinpestisa disease, plague; a pest; destruction, ruin,...

Words derived from “pestă”

Every word from Latin pestis →Every word from French peste →