What is the origin of the four letter word that begins with the sixth letter of the alphabet?

Answer 1

The origin is not 100% known, however it does not mean "Found Using Carnal Knowledge" that's just a myth from school age kids, so is "pluck yew" taunt of English archers at Agincourt and other battles with the French in the middle ages, though that is the origin of the two fingered salute!

Current research suggests it's origin could be Anglo-Saxon and derived from the old Germanic languages or even possibly Latin.

However the F word didn't appear in the English language until "Flen flyys", written around 1475. The next known reference is found in William Dunbar's 1503 poem "Brash of Wowing" includes the lines: "Yit be his feiris he wald haue fukkit: / Ye brek my hairt, my bony ane"

Answer 2

ABCDEF
I'm assuming we are speaking of the alphabet
that we are currently using in English speaking
countries. I believe that has been thoroughly explained by someone all ready.
The only other word that comes to mind is the
word "fart" and it is a shortened version of the word flatulence. I have no idea how it came from flat to fart,
my Sociology instructor once suggested that someone during a battle with the Apaches must have gas, a large amount of gas.
Probably from a diet of beans & more beans and he had passed this gas. The odor was so strong coming from the compound that the Apaces came to a stop & Yellow Wolf asked Red Sky, "Where's that smell coming from? Skunk?"
And Red Sky pointed at the White man's compound and yelled, "Fart!" And pointed in the direction of Fort Bliss.

Answer 3

1.The word **** comes from colonial times, when someone would be punished for 'prostitution' It was an acronym for the words

'For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge'

**** was written on the stocks that held these criminals because For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge was too long to go on the stocks

2.In ancient England a person could not have sex unless you had consent of the King (unless you were in the Royal Family). When anyone wanted to have a baby, they got consent of the King, the King gave them a placard that they hung on their door while they were having sex. The placard had F.*.*.*. (Fornication Under Consent of the King) on it. Now you know where that came from

3.I always heard that "F.U.C.K." originated in the 1800's in London, when they used to charge prostitutes "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge". So officer got sick and tired of writing those, um, lessee, 26 characters, not including spaces, so it got abbreviated **** and stuck.

4.The word **** did not originate as an acronym. It crept, fully formed, into the English language from Dutch or Low German around the 15th century (it's impossible to say precisely when because so little documentary evidence exists, probably due to the fact that the word was so taboo throughout its early history that people were afraid to write it down). The American Heritage Dictionary says its first known occurrence in English literature was in the satirical poem "Flen, Flyss" (c.1500), where it was not only disguised as a Latin word but encrypted - gxddbov - which has been deciphered as fuccant, pseudo-Latin for "they ****."

Answer 4

Fork. It's called a utensil. You use it to eat your food with. Some of them have 4 tines and some have five. Sometimes the four tines are called salad forks. Some have three when you eat cold boiled shrimp with lots of catsup (you might call it ketchup)and horseradish....emmmmm so good. I'm sorry...what was your question? A four letter word that starts with "F".

Answer 5

I think it was back in the very old days when Robin Hood was kickin it with his boys around the campfire, celebrating a heist they had just flawlessly completed. They were boozin it pretty heavy that night when one of the drunken chaps was calling for Fryer Tuck and kinda slur-jumbled his words.

Answer 6

antidisestablishmentarianism belligerent canoodle derriere eggy flibbertigibbet googleplex <----10 letters hoity-toity <----10 letters insignia jiggly kumquat lollygag mustachioed niggle orangutan perambulator quibble rapscallion snooty thespian uvula vestment wenis xenophobia <-----10 letters yoyo zealous Wow, i might desire to be bored or keeping off doing my task. I even have 3 ten letter words, yet i will't help it!

Answer 7

A Fort is a strong or fortified place occupied by troops and usually surrounded by walls, ditches, and other defensive works; a fortress; fortification.

Answer 8

I've heard it stands for Fornication Under (the) Countenace (of the) King

Answer 9

from German. "flicken" (not sure of spelling) means "to strike"