Where does “prepisati” come from?
prepisati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian písati, from French pisser, from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin pissiare, from Latin pissio — I piss.
prepisati (Serbo-Croatian): to copy (text by hand), to transcribe
Definitions
- to copy (text by hand), to transcribe
Ancestry of “prepisati”, step by step
prepisati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Serbo-Croatian písati
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | písati | to write |
| 2 | French | pisser | to piss; to pour with |
| 3 | Old French | pissier | to piss; to excrete urine |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | pissiare | present active infinitive of *pīssiō |
| 5 | Latin | pissio | I piss |
via Serbo-Croatian pre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | pre | before, earlier; before; ago |