micturate
English
Etymology
From Latin micturīre (“to have the urge to urinate”), form of meiō (“urinate”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meyǵʰ- (“to urinate”). Though borrowed from Latin in Modern English (in the mid 19th century), the root of this word was present in Old English in the word mīgan, which simply meant “to urinate”. See: w:Latin profanity#Mingere and meiere: urination.
Verb
micturate (third-person singular simple present micturates, present participle micturating, simple past and past participle micturated)
- (intransitive, physiology, formal) To urinate.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
urinate — see urinate
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