urine

Meanings

Noun

• Liquid waste consisting of water, salts and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.

Verb

• To urinate.

Origin

• From Middle English uryne, from Old French orine, from Latin ūrīna, from Proto-Indo-European *uh₁r-, zero grade of *weh₁r-. Related to *h₁ewHdʰr̥- (see udder). Displaced native English land, (Middle English land, from Old English hland).