Where does “nadpis” come from?
nadpis (Czech) comes from Polish nadpisać, from Polish pisać, from Serbo-Croatian pisač, from Serbo-Croatian písati, from French pisser, from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin pissiare, from Latin pissio — I piss.
nadpis (Czech): heading; caption
Definitions
- heading; caption
Ancestry of “nadpis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | nadpisać | to title, to add a heading |
| 2 | Polish | pisać | to write; to write, to take; to say |
| 3 | Serbo-Croatian | pisač | printer; burner |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | písati | to write |
| 5 | French | pisser | to piss; to pour with |
| 6 | Old French | pissier | to piss; to excrete urine |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | pissiare | present active infinitive of *pīssiō |
| 8 | Latin | pissio | I piss |