Where does “opis” come from?
opis (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian opisati, from Serbo-Croatian písati, from French pisser, from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin pissiare, from Latin pissio — I piss.
opis (Serbo-Croatian): description
Ancestry of “opis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | opisati | to describe; to circumscribe; to trace, describe |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | písati | to write |
| 3 | French | pisser | to piss; to pour with |
| 4 | Old French | pissier | to piss; to excrete urine |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | pissiare | present active infinitive of *pīssiō |
| 6 | Latin | pissio | I piss |