"consisting of or pertaining to feces," 1731, from Latin stercus (genitive stercoris) "dung" (from metathesized form of PIE *skert-, extended form of root *sker- (4) "excrement, dung") + -aceous.
stepping
step-sister
step-son
*ster-
-ster
stercoraceous
*stere-
stere
stereo
stereo-
stereophonic
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