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Where does “pish” come from?

pish (Scots) comes from Middle English pyshe, from Middle English pisse, from Middle English pissen, from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin pissiare, from Latin pissio — I piss.

pish (Scots): Urine, piss; Crust on a scabbing wound; To...

Definitions

  1. Urine, piss; Crust on a scabbing wound; To...

Ancestry of “pish”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishpysheAlternative form of pisse
2Middle Englishpissepiss, urine; Alternative form of pissen
3Middle EnglishpissenTo piss; to deliver urine from the genitals; To...
4Old Frenchpissierto piss; to excrete urine
5Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
6LatinpissioI piss
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