estiércol

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Spanish

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /esˈtjeɾkol/
  • Rhymes: -eɾkol
  • Syllabification: es‧tiér‧col

Noun

estiércol m (plural estiércoles)

  1. manure
    Synonym: abono
  2. dung

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “estiércol”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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