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Where does “litopis” come from?

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

litopis (Serbo-Croatian): annal; chronicle; yearbook

Definitions

  1. annal; chronicle; yearbook

Ancestry of “litopis”, step by step

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

Words derived from “litopis”

  • litopisac
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