Where does “피” come from?
피 (Korean) comes from English pee, from English piss, from Middle English pisse, from Middle English pissen, from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin pissiare, from Latin pissio — I piss.
피 (Korean): blood; kinship, consanguinity
Definitions
- blood; kinship, consanguinity
Ancestry of “피”, step by step
피 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pee | Urine; To urinate; To drizzle |
| 2 | English | piss | Urine; An instance of pissing; Alcoholic... |
| 3 | Middle English | pisse | piss, urine; Alternative form of pissen |
| 4 | Middle English | pissen | To piss; to deliver urine from the genitals; To... |
| 5 | Old French | pissier | to piss; to excrete urine |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | pissiare | present active infinitive of *pīssiō |
| 7 | Latin | pissio | I piss |
via Ancient Greek φεῖ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | φεῖ | phi, the name for the twenty-second letter Φ, φ... |