defecate的词源

英文词源

defecate (v.)

1570s, "to purify," from Latin defaecatus, past participle of defaecare "cleanse from dregs, purify," from the phrase de faece "from dregs" (plural faeces; see feces). Excretory sense first recorded 1830 (defecation), American English, from French. Related: Defecated; defecating.

中文词源

defecate：排便

de-, 向下，离开。feces, 粪便。引申义排便。

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