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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: feculence #121894 02/03/04 02:52 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem veteran jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California It's interesting that English fecal 'of, relating to, or composed of feces' (A-H) comes from the Latin word fæx, -ces, 'dregs, lees, sediment', cogante with our dregs. And our excrement comes from a Latin word excrementum 'refuse; what passes out of the body' that was not confined to ordure, but included spittle and snot. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted feculence Father Steve 02/02/04 05:27 AM Re: feculence Capfka 02/02/04 11:07 AM Re: feculence wwh 02/02/04 12:59 PM Re: feculence TEd Remington 02/02/04 12:51 PM Re: feculence tsuwm 02/02/04 02:51 PM ithyphallic consuelo 02/03/04 12:44 AM Re: ithyphallic jheem 02/03/04 02:05 AM Since at least 1913 consuelo 02/03/04 11:11 AM Re: one citation from 1864 jheem 02/03/04 01:26 PM Re: one citation from 1864 tsuwm 02/03/04 01:42 PM Re: one citation from 1864 jheem 02/03/04 02:42 PM Re: one citation from 1864 hibernicus 02/04/04 02:55 PM Etymologies from Merriam Webster hibernicus 02/04/04 03:02 PM Re: Etymologies from Merriam Webster Sparteye 02/08/04 05:29 AM Re: one citation from 1864 Faldage 02/04/04 03:14 PM Re: feculence Zed 02/03/04 12:45 AM Re: feculence jheem 02/03/04 02:52 PM Re: ithyphallic AnnaStrophic 02/03/04 03:48 PM Re: priapismos jheem 02/04/04 03:27 AM Re: priapismos of troy 02/04/04 02:16 PM Re: feculence wwh 02/10/04 02:43 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,338 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 637 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 19 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,544 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,917 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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