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Where does “piscioso” come from?

piscioso (Italian) comes from Italian -oso, from Latin -ōsus, from Old Latin -ōssus.

piscioso (Italian): pissy, covered in piss

Definitions

  1. pissy, covered in piss

Ancestry of “piscioso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-oso-ous, -ful, -y
2Latin-ōsus—
3Old Latin-ōssus—
Every word from Old Latin -ōssus →