Where does “feculent” come from?
feculent (English) comes from Middle French feculent, from Latin faeculentus, from Latin -ulentus, from Latin -entus, from Latin cruentus, from Latin cruor, from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂- — blood outside the body.
feculent (English): Dirty with faeces or other impurities
Definitions
- Dirty with faeces or other impurities
Ancestry of “feculent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | feculent | — |
| 2 | Latin | faeculentus | abounding in dregs or sediment; thick, impure;... |
| 3 | Latin | -ulentus | adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,... |
| 4 | Latin | -entus | adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,... |
| 5 | Latin | cruentus | bloody in its various senses, "particularly:" |
| 6 | Latin | cruor | blood, gore; murder, bloodshed |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | krewh₂- | blood outside the body |