Etymology

beshite

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Today it means: To shite all over; befoul with shitting; beshit. Full definition →

Middle English bishiten ← Old English besċītan ← Proto-West Germanic *biskītan
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*biskītan
  2. Old English · inherited frombesċītan“to befoul”
  3. Middle English · inherited frombishiten
  4. English todaybeshite

From Middle English bishiten, bischiten, from Old English besċītan (“to befoul”), from Proto-West Germanic *biskītan, equivalent to be- + shite. Cognate with Scots beschite, German bescheißen, Danish beskide (“to beshit”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishbishiten all →

beshitten

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