Latin
faex
‘sediment, dregs’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin faex.
7 English words in this record descend from Latin faex, most familiar first.
- feces ← faecēs
- fecal
- defecation ← dēfaecātiō ← defaecō
- feculent ← faeculentus
- faex
- fæculent ← faeculentus
- fecula ← faecula
Etymograph / Latin faex