English
piss
Piss comes from Old French pissier ‘to piss’.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400pissier‘to piss’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500pisse
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1597piss
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400pissier‘to piss’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500pisse
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1597piss
Earliest quotation: c. 1597, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wiues of Windsor: “O Jove, a beastly fault! And then another fault…”
Linked words
through Middle English pisse
Today it means
noun Urine.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French pissier / piss