stercus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- dung, excrement, ordure
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terǵ- (sully, decay, dung, manure).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)terǵ-
Gloss
sully, decay, dung, manure
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bile English
- bili- English
- dreck English
- drecky English
- stercobilin English
- stercolith English
- stercoranist English
- stercoroma English
- stercovorous English
- sterquilinous English
- biliaris Latin
- bīlis Latin
- sterceia Latin
- stercoralis Latin
- stercoranista Latin
- stercorarius Latin
- stercorem Latin
- sterculinum Latin
- sterquilinium Latin
- Bilirubin German
- Biliverdin German
- bile Italian
- sterco Italian
- stercoraceo Italian
- verde Italian
- drek Dutch, Flemish
- drekpoëet Dutch, Flemish
- -ome French
- -oma Spanish, Castilian
- bilis Spanish, Castilian
- -ωμα Ancient Greek
- *(s)terǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)terḱ-, *(s)terḱ-o- Proto-Indo-European
- *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European
- -oma Portuguese
- esterco Portuguese
- *þrakjaz Proto-Germanic
- *þrekkaz Proto-Germanic
- -óma Irish
- bili- Irish
- sterki Esperanto
- sterko Esperanto
- bilis Catalan, Valencian
- esterco Galician
- șterc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- -ωμα Greek (modern)
- drec Middle Dutch
- drec Old High German
- drek Old High German
- threc Old High German
- דרעק Yiddish
- *þraki gmw-pro
- *threkk Old Dutch
- esterco Old Portuguese
- threkk Old Frisian