pestis
Latin
noun
Definitions
- a disease, plague
- a pest
- destruction, ruin, death
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *pesti- (illness).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pesti-
Gloss
illness
Kanji
病
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pest English
- pestiduct English
- pestibilis Latin
- pestifer Latin
- pestilentia Latin
- pestilentus Latin
- Beulenpest German
- Geflügelpest German
- Pest German
- Pestarzt German
- Pestwurz German
- Zinnpest German
- pestis Hungarian
- pestisek Hungarian
- impestare Italian
- peste Italian
- pestifero Italian
- pestoso Italian
- pest Dutch, Flemish
- peste French
- peste bubonique French
- peste noire French
- pester French
- pesteux French
- pesticide French
- apestar Spanish, Castilian
- peste Spanish, Castilian
- *pesti- Proto-Indo-European
- byllepest Norwegian Bokmål
- forpeste Norwegian Bokmål
- pest Norwegian Bokmål
- pestepidemi Norwegian Bokmål
- antipeste Portuguese
- peste Portuguese
- byllepest Norwegian Nynorsk
- forpeste Norwegian Nynorsk
- pest Norwegian Nynorsk
- pestepidemi Norwegian Nynorsk
- pest Danish
- pisti Cebuano
- Pescht Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Peschtvull Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- peste Middle French
- 페스트 Korean
- ប៉េស្ត Central Khmer