Etymology

beshit

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Today it means: To soil with excrement; to defecate on (something). Full definition →

Middle English bishiten ← Old English besċītan
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited frombesċītan“to befoul”
  2. Middle English · inherited frombishiten
  3. English todaybeshit

From Middle English bishiten, bischiten, from Old English besċītan (“to befoul”). By surface analysis, be- + shit.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishbishiten all →

beshitebeshitten

Old Englishbesċītan all →

beshite

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