Where does “peemergency” come from?
peemergency (English) comes from English pee, from English piss, from Middle English pisse, from Middle English pissen, from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin pissiare, from Latin pissio — I piss.
peemergency (English): A situation in which one has an urgent need to...
Definitions
- A situation in which one has an urgent need to...
Ancestry of “peemergency”, step by step
peemergency traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pee | Urine; To urinate; To drizzle |
| 2 | English | piss | Urine; An instance of pissing; Alcoholic... |
| 3 | Middle English | pisse | piss, urine; Alternative form of pissen |
| 4 | Middle English | pissen | To piss; to deliver urine from the genitals; To... |
| 5 | Old French | pissier | to piss; to excrete urine |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | pissiare | present active infinitive of *pīssiō |
| 7 | Latin | pissio | I piss |
via English emergency
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | emergency | A situation which poses an immediate risk and... |
| 2 | Latin | emergens | emerging |
| 3 | Latin | emergo | I emerge; I surface; I arise or come forth |
| 4 | Latin | mergō | to dip (in), immerse; plunge into water; drown |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *mésgeti | to sink |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mesg- | to dip, sink |