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Where does “pisač” come from?

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

pisač (Serbo-Croatian): printer; burner

Definitions

  1. printer; burner

Ancestry of “pisač”, 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
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