Masculine

estiércol

Meaning

  1. (masculine) manure
  2. (masculine) dung

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
es‧tiér‧col
Pronounced as (IPA)
/esˈtjeɾkol/
Etymology

In summary

Found in early Old Spanish (10th century) as stiércore (with later dissimilation), from Late Latin stercorem (attested in Pelagonius), masculine accusative singular, from stercus (“dung”, neuter) (whence English stercoraceous), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terǵ-, *(s)terḱ-, *(s)treḱ- (“manure, dung; to sully, soil, decay”).

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