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Question: Where did the work FU*K orginate from!?
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Go to the supplement of the Oxford English Dictionary to find the origin of this word!. Word first used in English in 1528, probably derives from old Dutch word meaning "to mock!."

Here is a brief etymology:

Probably cognate with Dutch fokken to mock (15th cent!.), to strike (1591), to fool, gull (1623), to beget children (1637), to have sexual intercourse with (1657), to grow, cultivate (1772), Norwegian regional fukka to copulate, Swedish regional fokka to copulate (compare Swedish regional fock penis), further etymology uncertain: perhaps < an Indo-European root meaning ‘to strike’ also shown by classical Latin pugnus fist (see PUGNACIOUS adj!.)!. Perhaps compare Old Icelandic fjúka to be driven on, tossed by the wind, feykja to blow, drive away, Middle High German fochen to hiss, to blow!. Perhaps compare also Middle High German ficken to rub, early modern German ficken to rub, itch, scratch, German ficken to have sexual intercourse with (1558), German regional ficken to rub, to make short fast movements, to hit with rods, although the exact nature of any relationship is unclear!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

From an old Anglo Saxon word in general use before 1000AD in Britain!. Probably from a root word as described in the first answer!.

After the Norman Conquest in 1066 French became the Language of Court!. This means it was the language spoken by "polite society"!. Anglo Saxon was the language of the commoner, the conquered, the worthless!. Eventually the two languages merged, giving us Modern English, but that took centuries!. In the meantime there were two words for almost everything!. A commoner would "sit" while a polite person would "recline"!. A commoner would raise a "cow", but a polite person would eat "beef"!.

Most important, a commoner would "fu*k" while a polite person would "copulate"!. Since the hated commoners were seen as incapable of anything as subtle as true love, being less than human, sex between them was a disgusting, demeaning act!. Thus the word gained a "dirty" connotation!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Was told it came from a German word meaning "to plant" makes sense to me!.!.!. lolWww@QuestionHome@Com