Where does “pissant” come from?

pissant (French) comes from French pisser, from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin pissiare, from Latin pissio — I piss.

pissant (French): funny; present participle of pisser

Definitions

  1. funny; present participle of pisser

Ancestry of “pissant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpisserto piss; to pour with
2Old Frenchpissierto piss; to excrete urine
3Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
4LatinpissioI piss
Every word from Latin pissio →Every word from Vulgar Latin pissiare →Every word from Old French pissier →