Etymology

excrement

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Today it means: Human and non-human animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces. Full definition →

Latin excrēmentum
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excrement · noun1

  1. Latin · borrowed fromexcrēmentum
  2. English todayexcrement

Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum, from excernō (“to excrete”).

excrement · noun2

  1. Latin · borrowed fromexcrēmentum
  2. English todayexcrement

Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum, from excrēscō (“to grow out”).

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