Where does “пи́сец” come from?

пи́сец (Russian) comes from Russian писа́ть, from German pissen, from Middle Low German pissen, from Dutch pissen, from Middle Dutch pissen, from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin pissiare, from Latin pissio — I piss.

пи́сец (Russian): copyist, penman, scribe, scrivener, writer

Definitions

  1. copyist, penman, scribe, scrivener, writer

Ancestry of “пи́сец”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianписа́тьto write
2Germanpissento piss; to piss down
3Middle Low Germanpissen—
4Dutchpissento piss
5Middle Dutchpissento piss
6Old Frenchpissierto piss; to excrete urine
7Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
8LatinpissioI piss
Every word from Latin pissio →