Etymograph

English

excretin

From excrete + -in.

Formed from excrete + -in

Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘to sift, separate, divide’

Latin excrētum

English excrete

Today it means

noun A non-nitrogenous crystalline substance, formerly thought to be present in small quantities in human feces.

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Etymograph / excretin