How did the Black Death get its name?

Answer 1

WikiAnswers contributors give their thoughts on the origin:

* I think it was because of the black boils that appear on your body. It could have been a mistranslation of the Latin expression atra mors because "arta" may mean both terrible and black.

* It was the black rats that spread the disease.

* Neither of the above answers is correct. Since the Bubonic Plague ("Black Death") occurred in the Middle Ages (or DARK Ages) the name derived from the time period. Which probobly means that the name was created later, after the pandemic had ended.

* The term "Black Death" for the Bubonic Plague was introduced for the first time in 1833. It has been popularly thought that the name came from the late-stage sign of the disease, in which the victim's skin would blacken due to sub-epidermal hemorrhages, and the extremities would turn dark with gangrene. However, the term is actually thought to have more likely referred to "black" in the sense of hopelessness and sorrow. === ===

Answer 2

The sores created by the disease turned black.

Answer 3

When people caught the Bubonic Plague, their skin turned black as they were dying.

Answer 4

Person developed large black marks on the skin. also they develepod black fingertips

Answer 5

Caused body to turn black in death