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Where does “pyshe” come from?

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

pyshe (Middle English): Alternative form of pisse

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of pisse

Ancestry of “pyshe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishpissepiss, urine; Alternative form of pissen
2Middle EnglishpissenTo piss; to deliver urine from the genitals; To...
3Old Frenchpissierto piss; to excrete urine
4Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
5LatinpissioI piss

Words derived from “pyshe”

  • pish
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