Where does “pissen” come from?

pissen (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch pissen, from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin pissiare, from Latin pissio — I piss.

pissen (Dutch): to piss

Definitions

  1. to piss

Ancestry of “pissen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchpissento piss
2Old Frenchpissierto piss; to excrete urine
3Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
4LatinpissioI piss

Words derived from “pissen”

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