Etymology

stercoranism

ster·co·ran·i·sm
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Today it means: The belief or doctrine of stercoranists. Full definition →

Medieval Latin stercoranista
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  1. Medieval Latin · derived fromstercoranista
  2. English todaystercoranism

From Medieval Latin stercoranista + -ism (“forming the names of schools of thought”), from stercor- (“dung, excrement”) + -anista, from root of stercus (“dung, excrement”) + suffixal construction from -ānus (“of, pertaining to”) + -ista (“one who practices or believe”).

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