Pest

Senso (Inglese)

1. (definite, feminine, usually) bubonic plague, the plague
2. (feminine, in-compounds) any of various unrelated epidemic diseases affecting animals
3. (feminine, figuratively) anything that negatively affects vast areas, especially a natural disaster
4. (feminine, figuratively, informal) anything terrible or odious

Concetti

peste

Pest

sinonimi

Seuche

Pestilenz

schwarzer Tod

Gottgeißel

Epidemie

Plage

Pestseuche

Beulenpest

epidemische Krankheit

Schwarzer Tod

ansteckende Krankheit

Traduzioni

plague

peste

pest

peste

pestilence

veba

πανώλη

peste

pestilencia

pestis

πανούκλα

pesta

plaga

Pest

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/pɛst/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Preso in prestito da latino: pestis

Affine tedesco medio alto: pestilencie

In summary

16th century, from Latin pestis, in part through Middle French peste. Popular shortening of Middle High German pestilencie (14th c.), from related Latin pestilentia, may also have contributed (though this is impossible to prove).