[net.nlang] Etymologies

aeb@turing.UUCP (10/07/84)

>	I wonder what the original word for 'sexual intercourse' was,
>	and what it means now?? 8-)

After
	s/original/Latin/
the answer is 'futuere'. It has had a very rich development in the
various romance languages. For a typical example see the French
'foutre'.

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      Andries Brouwer -- CWI, Amsterdam -- {philabs,decvax}!mcvax!aeb