Where does “피고인” come from?

피고인 (Korean) comes from Korean 피, 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.

피고인 (Korean): defendant; the accused; respondent

Definitions

  1. defendant; the accused; respondent

Ancestry of “피고인”, step by step

피고인 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreanblood; kinship, consanguinity
2EnglishpeeUrine; To urinate; To drizzle
3EnglishpissUrine; An instance of pissing; Alcoholic...
4Middle Englishpissepiss, urine; Alternative form of pissen
5Middle EnglishpissenTo piss; to deliver urine from the genitals; To...
6Old Frenchpissierto piss; to excrete urine
7Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
8LatinpissioI piss

via Korean 고인

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean고인the dead, the deceased
Every word from Latin pissio