pest- root words — words with the pest- root

The root pest- comes from Latin pestis, meaning plague. 9 words in Dendril are built from it, including pest, pesticide, pesticides, pestilence, pests, pestilent, pestiferous, pestilential, rinderpest. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the pest- root

Explore words with pest- — words containing the pest- root and sharing its sense of "plague". Examples include pest, pesticide, pesticides, pestilence, pests, pestilent, pestiferous, pestilential, rinderpest. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The pest- root means plague, from Latin pestis. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.