peste
/ˈpeste/ · B2 · noun · f
reek, unpleasant or repulsive smell
🤢 peste = pest: Latin pestis, plague, same root as English pest and pestilence
Spanish peste matches English pest and pestilence, all from Latin pestis, meaning plague. Since plague victims and their surroundings smelled foul, the word also came to mean a reek or stench. Plague and stink share one word.