From Middle English *fukken,[1] probably of Germanic origin: either from Old English *fuccian or Old Norse *fukka, both from Proto-Germanic *fukkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“to strike, punch, stab”). Compare windfucker and its debated etymology.
Possibly attested in a 772 C.E. charter that mentions a place called Fuccerham, which may mean "ham (“home”) of the fucker" or "hamm (“pasture”) of the fucker"; a John le Fucker in a record from 1278 may just be a variant of Fulcher; compare Fucher, Foker, etc.[2] The earliest unambiguous use of the word in a clearly sexual context, in any stage of English, appears to be in court documents from Cheshire, England, which mention a man called Roger Fuckebythenavele (possibly tongue-in-cheek or directly suggestive of a depraved sexual act) on 8 December 1310.[3][4] It was first listed in a dictionary in 1598.[5] Scots fuk or fuck is attested slightly earlier, probably reinforcing the Northern Germanic/Scandinavian origin theory. From 1500 onward, the word has been in continual use, superseding jape and sard and largely displacing swive.[2] See windfucker and fuckwind for more information.
A range of folk-etymological backronyms, such as "fornication under consent of the king" and "for unlawful carnal knowledge", are all demonstrably false.
Sense 10, from related sense feck.
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fuck (third-person singular simple present fucks, present participle fucking, simple past and past participle fucked)
infinitive | (to) fuck | ||
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1st-person singular | fuck | fucked | |
2nd-person singular | fuck, fuckest† | fucked, fuckedst† | |
3rd-person singular | fucks, fucketh† | fucked | |
plural | fuck | ||
subjunctive | fuck | fucked | |
imperative | fuck | — | |
participles | fucking | fucked |
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fuckする • (fakku suru) transitive or intransitive suru (stem fuckし (fakku shi), past fuckした (fakku shita))
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | fuckし | ファックし | fakku shi | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | fuckし | ファックし | fakku shi | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | fuckする | ファックする | fakku suru | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | fuckする | ファックする | fakku suru | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | fuckすれ | ファックすれ | fakku sure | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | fuckせよ¹ fuckしろ² |
ファックせよ¹ ファックしろ² |
fakku seyo¹ fakku shiro² | |
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Passive | fuckされる | ファックされる | fakku sareru | |
Causative | fuckさせる fuckさす |
ファックさせる ファックさす |
fakku saseru fakku sasu | |
Potential | fuckできる | ファックできる | fakku dekiru | |
Volitional | fuckしよう | ファックしよう | fakku shiyō | |
Negative | fuckしない | ファックしない | fakku shinai | |
Negative continuative | fuckせず | ファックせず | fakku sezu | |
Formal | fuckします | ファックします | fakku shimasu | |
Perfective | fuckした | ファックした | fakku shita | |
Conjunctive | fuckして | ファックして | fakku shite | |
Hypothetical conditional | fuckすれば | ファックすれば | fakku sureba | |
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From Middle Scots fuk, from Early Scots *fuken (“to copulate”), from Middle English *fukken, *fuken, probably of North Germanic origin: possibly from Old Norse *fukka, from Proto-Germanic *fukkōną.
fuck (third-person singular simple present fucks, present participle fuckin, simple past fucked, past participle fucked)