Stercoral
/ˈstɜːr.kə.rəl/noun
Relating to feces or the rectum, especially in a medical context.
Did you know?Its root, Latin stercus, also gave English the rare adjective stercoraceous, and it belongs to the same broad Indo-European family as words tied to manure, soil, and waste.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sker-
“to cut off, separate; by extension, waste or excrement in related derivatives”
Latin
Latin
stercus
“dung, manure”
Late Latin
Latin
stercoralis
“of dung; relating to dung or filth”
16th Century
English
stercoral
“relating to dung or feces; later, in medicine, relating to the rectum or fecal matter”
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