Where does “pifiar” come from?

pifiar (Catalan) comes from Spanish pifiar, from Middle High German pfīfen, from Old High German phīfōn, from Latin pipo — I pip, peep.

pifiar (Catalan): to mess up

Definitions

  1. to mess up

Ancestry of “pifiar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpifiarto drop the ball, screw up, mess up; to boo; to...
2Middle High Germanpfīfen
3Old High Germanphīfōn
4LatinpipoI pip, peep
Every word from Latin pipo