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Where does “(s)terg-” come from?

(s)terg- (Proto-Indo-European): a type of bird; manure, dung; to sully, decay

Definitions

  1. a type of bird; manure, dung; to sully, decay

Words derived from “(s)terg-”

  • dreck
  • stercoraceous
  • stercobilin
  • stercovorous
  • stercolith
  • stercorary
  • stercorous
  • drecky
  • stercoranist
  • drek
  • stercorite
  • sterquilinous
  • stercoranista
  • stercoraceus
  • sterculinum
  • stercus
  • stercorarium
  • stercorarius
  • sterquilinium
  • stercoricanis
  • stercoraceo
  • sterco
  • дрек
  • Drecksnutte