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Where does “f-bomb” come from?

f-bomb (English) comes from English f, from Old English f, from Latin F, from Old English ᚠ, from Etruscan 𐌅, from Ancient Greek ϝ, from Phoenician 𐤅, from Egyptian 𓏲.

f-bomb (English): The word "fuck"

Definitions

  1. The word "fuck"

Ancestry of “f-bomb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfThe ordinal number sixth, derived from this...
2Old Englishffrom, off, away
3LatinF—
4Old Englishᚠ—
5Etruscan𐌅ve
6Ancient Greekϝ{{l|en|digamma}}
7Phoenician𐤅waw; {{l|en|waw}}
8Egyptian𓏲—
Every word from Egyptian 𓏲 →