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Where does “pisak” come from?

pisak (Polish) comes from Polish pisać, from Serbo-Croatian pisač, from Serbo-Croatian písati, from French pisser, from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin pissiare, from Latin pissio — I piss.

pisak (Polish): felt-tip pen; marker pen

Definitions

  1. felt-tip pen; marker pen

Ancestry of “pisak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpisaćto write; to write, to take; to say
2Serbo-Croatianpisačprinter; burner
3Serbo-Croatianpísatito write
4Frenchpisserto piss; to pour with
5Old Frenchpissierto piss; to excrete urine
6Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
7LatinpissioI piss
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