Where does “krasnopis” come from?

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

krasnopis (Serbo-Croatian): calligraphy

Definitions

  1. calligraphy

Ancestry of “krasnopis”, step by step

krasnopis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian písati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianpísatito write
2Frenchpisserto piss; to pour with
3Old Frenchpissierto piss; to excrete urine
4Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
5LatinpissioI piss

via Serbo-Croatian krȃsan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiankrȃsanbeautiful, pretty
2Proto-Slavickrasьnъbeautiful
3Proto-Slavickrasabeauty
4Proto-Indo-EuropeankreH-to shout
Every word from Latin pissio →Every word from Vulgar Latin pissiare →Every word from Old French pissier →