Urine etymology

English

English word urine comes from Latin orior, Proto-Indo-European *weh₁r-, Latin oriri, Latin -go, and later Latin urina (Urine.)

Etymology of urine

Detailed word origin of urine

Dictionary entry Language Definition
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.

Words with the same origin as urine

Descendants of orior

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