Where does “zapisati” come from?

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

zapisati (Serbo-Croatian): to write down, record; to bequeath; to enlist,...

Definitions

  1. to write down, record; to bequeath; to enlist,...

Ancestry of “zapisati”, step by step

zapisati 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 za

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianzafor; behind, in back of, at; during
2Proto-Slaviczabehind, after (stationary)
Every word from Latin pissio →Every word from Vulgar Latin pissiare →Every word from Old French pissier →