Where does “fecal” come from?

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

fecal (Romanian): fecal

Definitions

  1. fecal

Ancestry of “fecal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfécalfecal
2Middle Frenchfecalfecal
3Latinfaexsediment, dregs; salt of tartar; brine used for...
4Proto-Italicfaiks—
5Proto-Italicfraiks—
Every word from Proto-Italic fraiks →Every word from Proto-Italic faiks →Every word from Latin faex →