Where does “piss” come from?

piss (Swedish) comes from Middle Low German pissen, from Dutch pissen, from Middle Dutch pissen, from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin pissiare, from Latin pissio — I piss.

piss (Swedish): piss

Definitions

  1. piss

Ancestry of “piss”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanpissen
2Dutchpissento piss
3Middle Dutchpissento piss
4Old Frenchpissierto piss; to excrete urine
5Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
6LatinpissioI piss

Words derived from “piss

Every word from Latin pissio
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