Etymograph

English

fæculent

Fæculent comes from Latin faeculentus ‘abounding in dregs or sediment’, and goes back to faex.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfaex‘dregs’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfaeculentus‘abounding in dregs or sediment’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1881fæculent

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfaex‘dregs’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfaeculentus‘abounding in dregs or sediment’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1881fæculent

Earliest quotation: 1881, Alfred Poulet, A Treatise on Foreign Bodies in Surgical Practice: “Not only is it no longer advisable to administer…”

Linked words

through Latin faex ‘dregs’

feces, fecal, defecation, 3 more

Today it means

adj —

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin faex / fæculent

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