pestilence的词源

英文词源

pestilence (n.)

c. 1300, from Old French pestilence "plague, epidemic" (12c.) and directly from Latin pestilentia "a plague, an unwholesome atmosphere," noun of condition from pestilentem (nominative pestilens) "infected, unwholesome, noxious," from pestis "deadly disease, plague" (see pest).

中文词源

pestilence：瘟疫

来自拉丁语pestis,传染病，瘟疫，诅咒，词源同pest.

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