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Where does “turdis” come from?

turdis (English) comes from English turd, from Middle English toord, from Old English tord, from Proto-West Germanic *tord, from Proto-Germanic turdą, from Proto-Indo-European der- — to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...

turdis (English): A place to defecate shaped like a police box: an...

Definitions

  1. A place to defecate shaped like a police box: an...

Ancestry of “turdis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishturdA piece of solid animal or human feces; A...
2Middle EnglishtoordAlternative form of tord
3Old Englishtorda turd
4Proto-West Germanic*tord—
5Proto-Germanicturdąmanure; mud
6Proto-Indo-Europeander-to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...
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