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
Ancestry of “verpissen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | pissen | to piss; to piss down |
| 2 | Middle Low German | pissen | — |
| 3 | Dutch | pissen | to piss |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | pissen | to piss |
| 5 | Old French | pissier | to piss; to excrete urine |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | pissiare | present active infinitive of *pīssiō |
| 7 | Latin | pissio | I piss |