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Where does “peerest” come from?

peerest (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.

peerest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...

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  1. second-person singular simple present form of...

Ancestry of “peerest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpeerTo look with difficulty, or as if searching for...
2EnglishpeeUrine; To urinate; To drizzle
3EnglishpissUrine; An instance of pissing; Alcoholic...
4Middle Englishpissepiss, urine; Alternative form of pissen
5Middle EnglishpissenTo piss; to deliver urine from the genitals; To...
6Old Frenchpissierto piss; to excrete urine
7Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
8LatinpissioI piss
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