Where does “popisati” come from?

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

popisati (Serbo-Croatian): to list (make a list), inventory (items)

Definitions

  1. to list (make a list), inventory (items)

Ancestry of “popisati”, step by step

popisati 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 po

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianpohalf; for; over, through, across, in, on
2Serbo-Croatianpolpole; sex; gender
3Ancient Greekπόλοςpivot, hinge, axis, pole; axis of the celestial...
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Latin pissio →Every word from Vulgar Latin pissiare →Every word from Old French pissier →