Pisspot
/ˈpɪsˌpɒt/noun
A chamber pot or other container used for urination, also used as an insulting term for a person.
Did you know?In premodern households, urine collected in chamber pots could be reused for laundering, tanning, and certain craft processes because its ammonia content was useful.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*peys-
“To urinate; the verbal root behind English piss”
Old English
Old English
pissan
“To urinate”
Middle English
Middle English
piss
“Urine or the act of urinating”
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic
*pottuz
“A pot or vessel; the early Germanic source of pot”
Old English
Old English
pott
“A pot, vessel, or container”
15th Century
English
piss-pot
“A vessel used to collect urine, especially a chamber pot”
Modern English
English
pisspot
“A chamber pot; figuratively, an offensive or contemptuous person”