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Where does “písati” come from?

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

písati (Serbo-Croatian): to write

Definitions

  1. to write

Ancestry of “písati”, step by step

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

Words derived from “písati”

  • pripisati
  • napisati
  • krasopis
  • zemljopis
  • svjetlopis
  • krasnopis
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