stercus

Meaning

dung, excrement, ordure

Concepts

dung

bullshit

defecate

muck

shit

💩

turd

Synonyms

merda

cacāre

Translations

escremento

sterco

excremento

Dünger

feci

خِرَاء

خَرَاء

تَبَرﳲزَ

cagarro

Dung

merda

Haufen

fem

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈstɛr.kʊs]

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)terǵ-, *(s)terḱ-, *(s)treḱ- (“manure, dung; to sully, soil, decay”), with similar words across Indo-European branches, albeit with various phonetic difficulties. Compare Welsh troeth (“urine”), Hittite [script needed] (ištar(k)-, “to ail, afflict”), Lithuanian ter̃šti (“to soil”), as well as Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz (“dirt”).