Pest

(Îngilîzî)

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

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/pɛst/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji latînî hatiye wergirtin: pestis

Hevwate bi Middle High German: 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).

Hevwate

Seuche

Pestilenz

schwarzer Tod

Gottgeißel

Epidemie

Plage

Pestseuche

Beulenpest

epidemische Krankheit

Schwarzer Tod

ansteckende Krankheit

Werger

plague

peste

peste

pest

peste

pestilence

dżuma

veba

πανώλη

peste

plaga

πανούκλα

pestilencia

pestis

pesta