The story
- Latin · derived fromcolluviēs“filth, dregs”
- New Latin · borrowed fromcolluviarium
- English todaycolluviarium
From New Latin colluviarium, from Latin colluviēs (“filth, dregs”) + -arium.
Words from the same roots
Latincolluviēs all →
colluvies
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.