Stercorate
/ˈstɜːr.kə.reɪt/noun
To soil or cover with excrement; to defile with dung.
Did you know?Stercorate comes from Latin stercus, stercoris meaning “dung,” the same earthy root behind a whole family of Roman words for filth, manure, and fertilizer.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ster-
“to spread, strew; to litter or scatter”
Latin
Latin
stercus
“dung, filth, manure”
Late Latin
Latin
stercorare
“to dung, to manure; to defile with dung”
16th Century
English
stercorate
“to dung or soil with excrement”
Modern English
English
stercorate
“to soil or cover with excrement”