What is the original meaning of 'F*CK' that is so abused today?
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According to Merriam Webster Dictionary, that's indeed also the most probable origin:
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Main Entry: 1fuck
Pronunciation: \ˈfək\
Function: verb
Etymology: akin to Dutch fokken to breed (cattle), Swedish dial. fókka to copulate
Date: circa 1503
intransitive verb 1 usually obscene : copulate
2 usually vulgar : mess 3 —used with withtransitive verb 1 usually obscene : to engage in coitus with —sometimes used interjectionally with an object (as a personal or reflexive pronoun) to express anger, contempt, or disgust
2 usually vulgar : to deal with unfairly or harshly : cheat, screw
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The word has probable cognates in other Germanic languages, such as German ficken (to fuck); Dutch fokken (to breed, to strike, to beget); dialectal Norwegian fukka (to copulate), and dialectal Swedish fokka (to strike, to copulate) and fock (penis). This points to a possible etymology where Common Germanic fuk– comes from an Indo-European root meaning "to strike", cognate with non-Germanic words such as Latin pugnus "fist".] By reverse application of Grimm's law, this hypothetical root has the form *pug–. In early Proto-Germanic the word was likely used at first as a slang or euphemistic replacement for an older word for intercourse, and then became the usual word for intercourse. Yet another possible etymology is from the Old High German word pfluog, meaning "to plow, as in a field" (similar pronunciation to ""fuk-"", the sexual euphemism being obvious). This is supported in part by a book by Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious: A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms of the Libido, in which he discusses the "primitive play of words" and the phallic representation of the plough, including its appearance on a vase found in an archaeological dig near Florence, Italy, which depicts six ithyphallic men (erect penises) carrying a plow.
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It may perhaps come from the Indo-European word base "peuk-" (meaning "strike") as it seems phonetically related to "f*ck," but no one's exactly sure.
Another theory is that it came from the Middle English "fkye" or "fike" (meaning "fidget," but also "flirt"), which is most likely decended from the Middle Dutch "fokken" (which we've seen earlier, originally it meant "to itch").
There are a few other interesting theories on Etymonline, as well as Wiktionary, both articles I've linked in my sources. If you have any questions about the terminology in the Etymonline article (it can get pretty dense), just send me a private question. :)
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