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Where does “foutre” come from?

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

foutre (French): to do, to fuck around with, to dick around, to...

Definitions

  1. to do, to fuck around with, to dick around, to...

Ancestry of “foutre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfutuerethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

Words derived from “foutre”

  • footer
  • footling
  • footle
  • futter
  • footler
  • fouter
  • foutre
  • infoutu
  • foutu
  • fichtrement
  • fouterie
  • foutoir
  • fouteur
  • fous
  • foutument
  • foutrement
  • fichtre
  • foeteren
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