It's used in Canterbury Tales, that predates acronymity by a few centuries -- it seems to be a French derivation.
It's used in Canterbury Tales, that predates acronymity by a few centuries -- it seems to be a French derivation.Oh, it's English alright!
The "F" word from American Heritage® Dictionary
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, attested in pseudo-Latin fuccant, (they) f***, deciphered from gxddbov.
Its first known occurrence, in code because of its unacceptability, is in a poem composed in a mixture of Latin and English sometime before 1500.
(did a little looking around...)