Derivation from Latin of the word Fuck An Op Ed letter was published in the Wall St Journal Monday July 12 1999 concerning the Origins of deleted The letter was from Ron Goodman English Department Quincy College Fuck and its possible Latin roots Originally from the Latin faceo to make to do Conjugate it slightlyfaceo facere feci factus Then go through early High German umlaut and you get from factus to fuctus And therein might be the original root of the word Certainly the original meaning of to make to do does fit with the more recent 1500s use of the word until it came down to its present usage