Where does “피눈물” come from?
피눈물 (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.
피눈물 (Korean): blood from one's eyes, haemolacria
Definitions
- blood from one's eyes, haemolacria
Ancestry of “피눈물”, step by step
피눈물 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Korean 피
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 피 | blood; kinship, consanguinity |
| 2 | English | pee | Urine; To urinate; To drizzle |
| 3 | English | piss | Urine; An instance of pissing; Alcoholic... |
| 4 | Middle English | pisse | piss, urine; Alternative form of pissen |
| 5 | Middle English | pissen | To piss; to deliver urine from the genitals; To... |
| 6 | Old French | pissier | to piss; to excrete urine |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | pissiare | present active infinitive of *pīssiō |
| 8 | Latin | pissio | I piss |