The story
- Ancient Greek · derived from-ωμα“tumor, mass”
- Latin · derived fromstercus“dung”
- English todaystercoroma
From Latin stercus (“dung”) + -oma, from Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma, “tumor, mass”). See fecaloma.
Words from the same roots
Latinstercus all →
stercobilinstercolithstercorinstercoritestercorousstercovorousSterquilinus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.