Where does “svjetlopis” come from?

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

svjetlopis (Serbo-Croatian): a photography

Definitions

  1. a photography

Ancestry of “svjetlopis”, step by step

svjetlopis 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 svjȅtlo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiansvjȅtlolight (electromagnetic wave)
Every word from Latin pissio →Every word from Vulgar Latin pissiare →Every word from Old French pissier →