Where does “peer pressure” come from?
peer pressure (English) comes from English peer, 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.
peer pressure (English): Inducement or influence by one's peers
Definitions
- Inducement or influence by one's peers
Ancestry of “peer pressure”, step by step
peer pressure traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English peer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | peer | To look with difficulty, or as if searching for... |
| 2 | English | pee | Urine; To urinate; To drizzle |
| 3 | English | piss | Urine; An instance of pissing; Alcoholic... |
| 4 | Middle English | pisse | piss, urine; Alternative form of pissen |
| 5 | Middle English | pissen | To piss; to deliver urine from the genitals; To... |
| 6 | Old French | pissier | to piss; to excrete urine |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | pissiare | present active infinitive of *pīssiō |
| 8 | Latin | pissio | I piss |