estiércol

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)[1] (whence English stercoraceous), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terǵ-, *(s)terḱ-, *(s)treḱ- (“manure, dung; to sully, soil, decay”).

• IPA^(key): /esˈtjeɾkol/ [esˈt̪jeɾ.kol]
• Rhymes: -eɾkol
• Syllabification: es‧tiér‧col

estiércol m (plural estiércoles)

1. manure

   Synonym: abono

2. dung

• “estiércol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014