Where does “piss” come from?

piss (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic pissa, 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.

piss (Icelandic): pee, piss, urine

Definitions

  1. pee, piss, urine

Ancestry of “piss”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicpissato pee; to piss
2Middle Low Germanpissen—
3Dutchpissento piss
4Middle Dutchpissento piss
5Old Frenchpissierto piss; to excrete urine
6Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
7LatinpissioI piss

Words derived from “piss”

Every word from Latin pissio →Every word from Vulgar Latin pissiare →Every word from Old French pissier →