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(Engels)

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

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/pɛst/

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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).