Where does “piss” come from?
Piss comes from Middle English pissen, from Old French pissier, from Latin pissio, of unknown ultimate origin.
piss (English): Urine; An instance of pissing; Alcoholic...
Definitions
- Urine; An instance of pissing; Alcoholic...
Ancestry of “piss”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | pisse | piss, urine; Alternative form of pissen |
| 2 | Middle English | pissen | To piss; to deliver urine from the genitals; To... |
| 3 | Old French | pissier | to piss; to excrete urine |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | pissiare | present active infinitive of *pīssiō |
| 5 | Latin | pissio | I piss |
Words derived from “piss”