Where does “opisati” come from?

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

opisati (Serbo-Croatian): to describe; to circumscribe; to trace, describe

Definitions

  1. to describe; to circumscribe; to trace, describe

Ancestry of “opisati”, step by step

opisati 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 o

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianoon, against; about, concerning, of, on
2Proto-Slavico(b)around, about; concerning; against, on
3Proto-Balto-Slavicab—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ebʰi—

Words derived from “opisati”

Every word from Latin pissio →Every word from Vulgar Latin pissiare →Every word from Old French pissier →