Where does “fuck” come from?

Fuck comes from Middle English fukken, from Old Norse fukka, from Proto-Germanic fukkōną, from Proto-Indo-European pewǵ-, pug-, and pew-, with the original sense unknown.

fuck (English): To have sexual intercourse, to copulate; To have...

Definitions

  1. To have sexual intercourse, to copulate; To have...

Ancestry of “fuck”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfukkento fuck; to beat, strike
2Old Norsefukka—
3Proto-Germanicfukkōnąto blow, gust; to strike, assail; to copulate
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpewǵ-to punch, fist-fight; to prick, poke, stab

Words derived from “fuck”

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