Where does “прописной” come from?

прописной (Russian) comes from Russian пропись, from Russian прописа́ть, from Russian писа́ть, from German pissen, from Middle Low German pissen, from Dutch pissen, from Middle Dutch pissen, from Old French pissier — I piss.

прописной (Russian): conventional, trivial, commonplace, common

Definitions

  1. conventional, trivial, commonplace, common

Ancestry of “прописной”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпрописьprescription; cursive sample sheet; cliche,...
2Russianпрописа́тьto register
3Russianписа́тьto write
4Germanpissento piss; to piss down
5Middle Low Germanpissen—
6Dutchpissento piss
7Middle Dutchpissento piss
8Old Frenchpissierto piss; to excrete urine
9Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
10LatinpissioI piss
Every word from Latin pissio →Every word from Vulgar Latin pissiare →Every word from Old French pissier →