English word urine comes from Latin orior, Proto-Indo-European *weh₁r-, Latin oriri, Latin -go, and later Latin urina (Urine.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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orior | Latin (lat) | I am born, come to exist, originate.. I appear, become visible.. I rise, get up. |
*weh₁r- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | water |
oriri | Latin (lat) | |
-go | Latin (lat) | |
urina | Latin (lat) | Urine. |
origo | Latin (lat) | A beginning, an origin. |
ourine | Old French (fro) | |
urine | English (en) | (archaic) To urinate. (physiology) Liquid excrement consisting of water, salts and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra. |