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Where does “fichtre” come from?

fichtre (French) comes from French foutre, from Latin futuere, from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

fichtre (French): gosh!; "Je n'en sais fichtre rien" - I don't know...

Definitions

  1. gosh!; "Je n'en sais fichtre rien" - I don't know...

Ancestry of “fichtre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfoutreto do, to fuck around with, to dick around, to...
2Latinfutuerethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

Words derived from “fichtre”

  • fichtrement
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