Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC840302); site turing.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!mcvax!turing!aeb From: aeb@turing.UUCP Newsgroups: net.nlang,net.jokes.d Subject: Etymologies Message-ID: <209@turing.UUCP> Date: Sat, 6-Oct-84 19:03:09 EDT Article-I.D.: turing.209 Posted: Sat Oct 6 19:03:09 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 7-Oct-84 21:25:31 EDT Organization: CWI, Amsterdam Lines: 11 Xref: godot net.nlang:402 net.jokes.d:302 Apparently-To: rnews@mcvax.LOCAL > 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