Where does “verpissen” come from?

verpissen (German) comes from German pissen, from Middle Low German pissen, from Dutch pissen, from Middle Dutch pissen, from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin pissiare, from Latin pissio — I piss.

verpissen (German): to fuck off; piss off

Definitions

  1. to fuck off; piss off

Ancestry of “verpissen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanpissento piss; to piss down
2Middle Low Germanpissen—
3Dutchpissento piss
4Middle Dutchpissento piss
5Old Frenchpissierto piss; to excrete urine
6Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
7LatinpissioI piss
Every word from Latin pissio →Every word from Vulgar Latin pissiare →Every word from Old French pissier →