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
- To leave, to go away; To annoy, anger; Go away!
Ancestry of “piss off”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | piss | Urine; An instance of pissing; Alcoholic... |
| 2 | Middle English | pisse | piss, urine; Alternative form of pissen |
| 3 | Middle English | pissen | To piss; to deliver urine from the genitals; To... |
| 4 | Old French | pissier | to piss; to excrete urine |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | pissiare | present active infinitive of *pīssiō |
| 6 | Latin | pissio | I piss |
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