Where does “dramatopisarka” come from?
dramatopisarka (Polish) comes from Polish dramatopisarz, from Polish pisarz, from Old Polish pisarz, from Serbo-Croatian pisač, from Serbo-Croatian písati, from French pisser, from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin pissiare — I piss.
Ancestry of “dramatopisarka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | dramatopisarz | playwright, stagewright |
| 2 | Polish | pisarz | writer |
| 3 | Old Polish | pisarz | writer |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | pisač | printer; burner |
| 5 | Serbo-Croatian | písati | to write |
| 6 | French | pisser | to piss; to pour with |
| 7 | Old French | pissier | to piss; to excrete urine |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | pissiare | present active infinitive of *pīssiō |
| 9 | Latin | pissio | I piss |