Where does “fécal” come from?

fécal (French) comes from Middle French fecal, from Latin faex, from Proto-Italic faiks, from Proto-Italic fraiks.

fécal (French): fecal

Definitions

  1. fecal

Ancestry of “fécal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchfecalfecal
2Latinfaexsediment, dregs; salt of tartar; brine used for...
3Proto-Italicfaiks—
4Proto-Italicfraiks—

Words derived from “fécal”

Every word from Proto-Italic fraiks →Every word from Proto-Italic faiks →Every word from Latin faex →
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