The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσκῶρ“excrement”
- English todayskatole
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσκῶρ all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
skatole
Today it means: A mildly toxic white crystalline organic compound of the indole family, occurring naturally in faeces and coal tar, 3-methylindole (C₉H₉N). Full definition →
Ancient Greek σκῶρ