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- Origin of finalise: chiefly British English spelling of finalize.
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Sep 26, 2018 · The F-word was recorded in a dictionary in 1598 (John Florio’s A Worlde of Wordes, London: Arnold Hatfield for Edw. Blount). It is remotely derived from the Latin futuere and Old German ficken/fucken meaning ‘to strike or penetrate’, which had the slang meaning to copulate. Eric Partridge, a famous etymologist, said that the German word ...
Dec 6, 2023 · It’s all part of the weird and mysterious history of this infamous four-letter word. Where did the F-word come from? Etymologists aren’t entirely sure where the word originated.
Nov 1, 2023 · Its appearance in printed texts was as a verb simply referring to sexual intercourse, like we still use it today. However, its precise origins prior to that are still mysterious. Some scholars ...
Sep 28, 2017 · late Old English prud, prute "excellent, splendid; arrogant, haughty, having or cherishing a high opinion of one's own merits; guilty of the sin of Pride," from Old French prud, oblique case of adjective prouz "brave, valiant" (11c., Modern French preux; compare prud'homme "brave.
Feb 23, 2020 · Those advocating for this hypothesis point to the Norwegian “fukka”, meaning to “copulate”, or the Swedish “focka” to “copulate, strike, push”, which in turn may have derived from an Old Norse version of the words, which may have birthed the English “fuck”. Whatever the case, the word would soon find its way into John Florio ...
Eisenhower is often credited with popularizing it, although no one thought he invented the word. Some thought it came from the poorly-lettered realm of U.S. finance in the beginning of the 20th century. Others pointed out that it was in use in Australia and New Zealand in the 19th century.
Oct 7, 2021 · The F word is thought to come from the German word fricken which means “to strike” or “to hit”. It may also come from the Swedish dialectal word focka (“to strike” or “to copulate”) and/or the Dutch word fokken (“to breed”). At some point, rumor had it that the word “fuck” was a backronym of “For Unlawful Carnal ...
