Where does “pisshouse” come from?
pisshouse (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.
pisshouse (English): A building that houses toilets or urinals
Definitions
- A building that houses toilets or urinals
Ancestry of “pisshouse”, 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 |