Where does “popisowy” come from?

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

popisowy (Polish): spectacular, showy

Definitions

  1. spectacular, showy

Ancestry of “popisowy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpopistrick, stunt, show, display
2Polishpopisaćto show off, to showboat, to parade
3Polishpisaćto write; to write, to take; to say
4Serbo-Croatianpisačprinter; burner
5Serbo-Croatianpísatito write
6Frenchpisserto piss; to pour with
7Old Frenchpissierto piss; to excrete urine
8Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
9LatinpissioI piss
Every word from Latin pissio