Where does “pissdale” come from?

pissdale (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.

pissdale (English): A urinal basin or trough (usually metal) on a ship

Definitions

  1. A urinal basin or trough (usually metal) on a ship

Ancestry of “pissdale”, step by step

pissdale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English piss

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

via English Dale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDalefor someone living in a dale
2Middle EnglishdaleA dale or valley; A hole or barrow
3Old Englishdælpart; valley
4Proto-West Germanicdailipart
5Proto-Germanicdailizpart, portion, deal
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰayl-part, watershed
Every word from Latin pissio