<< I don't know what this book said, but the English word "fuck" is closely
related to the Dutch word "fokken", meaning "to breed" (livestock), and
Swedish "fokka", meaning "copulate". If the word "fuck" was used in the
Crusades (when? which Crusades? and by speakers of what language? I'd
like more documentation on that) with a violent sense, that doesn't make
that the origin of the term. More likely the Crusaders in question were
using an established sexual term and applying it to a violent act, not the
other way around. >>
a long discussion on fuck......
it is perhaps of scnadinavian origin in a norwegian dialect "fukka" menaing to
coputate; strike; push
it was incorporated into early english i believe. and that is why its usage
was in the crusades. I read somewhere about its appearance in a 15th century
writing used to make fun of a priest. you are probably right about it as the
crusaders using the established term and applying it to a violent act.