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Where does “piss off” come from?

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

piss off (English): To leave, to go away; To annoy, anger; Go away!

Definitions

  1. To leave, to go away; To annoy, anger; Go away!

Ancestry of “piss off”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpissUrine; An instance of pissing; Alcoholic...
2Middle Englishpissepiss, urine; Alternative form of pissen
3Middle EnglishpissenTo piss; to deliver urine from the genitals; To...
4Old Frenchpissierto piss; to excrete urine
5Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
6LatinpissioI piss

Words derived from “piss off”

  • pee off
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