The story
- Latin · derived frombīlis“bile”
- Latin · derived fromstercus“dung, excrement”
- English todaystercobilin
From Latin stercus (“dung, excrement”) + Latin bīlis (“bile”).
Words from the same roots
Latinstercus all →
stercolithstercorinstercoritestercoromastercorousstercovorousSterquilinus
Latinbīlis all →
bilebilinbili-bilifuscinbiliprasin
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.