Detritus /(?)/

De·tri·tus

Detritus

n.
  1. A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by attrition, and reduced to small portions; as, diluvial detritus. (Geol.)
  2. Hence: Any fragments separated from the body to which they belonged; any product of disintegration.
    The mass of detritus of which modern languages are composed.