where have this word been derived from?
the word “****” what does it mean? where did it come from, i’m serious, there will be 10 points for the best answer
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Some people believe it comes from a supposed old custom of asking permission from the King before engaging in adultery. This was called Fornication Under Consent of the the King. This is an urban legend and is not true. The likely derivation of the word is as follows.
It is a very old word, recorded in English since the 15th
century (few acronyms predate the 20th century), with cognates in other Germanic languages. The Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang (Random House, 1994, ISBN 0-394-54427-7) cites Middle Dutch _fokken_ = “to thrust, copulate with”; Norwegian dialect _fukka_ = “to copulate”; and Swedish dialect _focka_ = “to strike, push, copulate” and _fock_ = “penis”.
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