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      pestilential
      adjective
      likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
      Roots
      pestispest- · Latin · plague, diseasepestilensil- · Latin · pestilentens-ent · Latin · causingalis-ial · Latin · pertaining to
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      Where does pestilential come from?

      The word pestilential breaks down into 4 roots of Latin origin: pest, from Latin pestis (“plague, disease”); il, from Latin pestilens (“pestilent”); -ent, from Latin ens (“causing”); and -ial, from Latin alis (“pertaining to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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