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Subject: Etymologies
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Date: Sat, 6-Oct-84 19:03:09 EDT
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>	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'.

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