köken: Found in early Old Spanish (10th century) as stiércore (with later dissimilation), from Late Latin stercorem (attested in Pelagonius), masculine accusative singular, from stercus (“dung”, neuter) (whence English stercoraceous), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terǵ-, *(s)terḱ-, *(s)treḱ- (“manure, dung; to sully, soil, decay”).
köken: According to several sources summarized in Eren (1999), from Ottoman Turkish گوبره (göbre, gübre) (whence modern Turkish gübre), ultimately from Greek κοπριά (kopriá). However, compare also Karakhanid کُڤْرا (küwre).
köken: Sino-Korean word from 大便. In the hangul script, first attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean 대〯변〯 (Yale: tǎybyěn).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *krey-der. Proto-Italic *krinō Latin cernō Latin excernō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin excrēmentum From excernō (“to separate; discharge”) + -mentum.