Where does “pissen” come from?

pissen (Middle English) comes from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin pissiare, from Latin pissio — I piss.

pissen (Middle English): To piss; to deliver urine from the genitals; To...

Definitions

  1. To piss; to deliver urine from the genitals; To...

Ancestry of “pissen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpissierto piss; to excrete urine
2Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
3LatinpissioI piss

Words derived from “pissen”

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