Posted by kid_A on August 6, 2002, at 9:44:51
In reply to Re: English- for unlawful carnal knowledge » kid_A, posted by gingersnapped on August 5, 2002, at 19:31:03
> That is a very common error but as you seem quite proud of your knowledge of language, I thought you might like to know that the word to which you were referring actually is derived from the Latin word Fuccant.
I did some research on this and found that yes, the acronym idea is a misconception. However the usage of the word predates the RECORDED usage of fuccant by several hundred years or so...
"The best guess is that "fXXk" comes from the Middle English fXXken, to strike, move quickly, penetrate, from the German ficken, meaning approximately the same thing. A related word may be the Middle Dutch fokken, to strike, copulate with."
...Here's a blurb about your origin:
"The first recorded usage of the actual word is from just prior to 1500, in a poem written in a hybrid of Latin and English entitled "Flen, flyys, and freris," (in English, "fleas, flies, and friars.")
Non svnt in celi qvia
fvccant wiuys of heli."anyways...
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