Where does “fecal” come from?

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

fecal (Middle French): fecal

Definitions

  1. fecal

Ancestry of “fecal”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fecal”

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