Where does “pestilente” come from?

pestilente (Spanish) comes from Latin pestilens, from Latin pestis — a disease, plague; a pest; destruction, ruin,...

pestilente (Spanish): pestilent, stinking

Definitions

  1. pestilent, stinking

Ancestry of “pestilente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpestilenspestilential, infected, unhealthy; noxious,...
2Latinpestisa disease, plague; a pest; destruction, ruin,...
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