estiércol
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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)[1] (whence English stercoraceous), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terǵ-, *(s)terḱ-, *(s)treḱ- (“manure, dung; to sully, soil, decay”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]estiércol m (plural estiércoles)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “estiércol”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
[edit]- “estiércol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Categories:
- Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish
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- Spanish terms inherited from Late Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Late Latin
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- Rhymes:Spanish/eɾkol
- Rhymes:Spanish/eɾkol/3 syllables
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