Where does “pisse-vinaigre” come from?
pisse-vinaigre (French) comes from French vinaigre, from Middle French vinaigre, from Old French vinaigre, from Old French aigre, from Vulgar Latin acrus, from Latin ācer, from Latin saccharum, from Ancient Greek σάκχαρ — gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel.
pisse-vinaigre (French): a grouch, a crosspatch, a sourpuss
Definitions
- a grouch, a crosspatch, a sourpuss
Ancestry of “pisse-vinaigre”, step by step
pisse-vinaigre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French vinaigre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | vinaigre | vinegar; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 2 | Middle French | vinaigre | vinegar |
| 3 | Old French | vinaigre | vinegar |
| 4 | Old French | aigre | sour; acrid |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | acrus | sour |
| 6 | Latin | ācer | sharp, sour, bitter, pungent |
| 7 | Latin | saccharum | sugar |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | σάκχαρ | sugar; sugar cane |
| 9 | Sanskrit | शर्करा | gravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śárkaraH | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćárkaraH | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorkeh₂ | gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel |