Etymology

fuckface

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Today it means: An ugly or otherwise undesirable or annoying person. Full definition →

English face ← Middle English face ← Old French face
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pewǵ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*fukkōną
  3. Old English*fuccian
  4. Middle English*fukken
  5. Englishfuck
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁k-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁kyéti
  9. Proto-Italic*θakjō
  10. Proto-Italic*fakjō
  11. Latinfaciō
  12. Latinfaciēs
  13. Late Latinfacia
  14. Old Frenchface
  15. Middle Englishface
  16. Englishface
  17. English todayfuckface

From fuck + face.

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