Interestingly, we don't actually know the etymology of the word "fuck." There's a persistent misconception that it comes from "Fornication Under the Consent of the King" but this has been debunked. Several other European languages have a similar explitive to "fuck" but we are uncertain as to the root word, its irigins, and its earlier meanings.
At least the German version seems to have originally meant "to quickly move forward and backward", with first examples of suggestive use from around the 16th century.
That is, as long as you're fine with a skimmed Wikipedia article as a source.
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u/Drafo7 3d ago
Interestingly, we don't actually know the etymology of the word "fuck." There's a persistent misconception that it comes from "Fornication Under the Consent of the King" but this has been debunked. Several other European languages have a similar explitive to "fuck" but we are uncertain as to the root word, its irigins, and its earlier meanings.