footle
English
/fuːtəl/
verb
Definitions
- To waste time; to trifle.
- To talk nonsense.
Etymology
Derived from French foutre (have sexual intercourse, mock, lecher, tease) derived from Latin futuere.
Origin
Latin
futuere
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- footler English
- footling English
- futter English
- futuere Latin
- futuere, futuo Latin
- foutieren German
- fottere Italian
- foeteren Dutch, Flemish
- fouterie French
- fouteur French
- foutoir French
- foutre French
- foutrement French
- joder Spanish, Castilian
- jodible Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰew- Proto-Indo-European
- foder Portuguese
- fotre Catalan, Valencian
- fute Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- foder Old Portuguese
- foti Friulian
- foder Old Spanish
- fout Louisiana Creole French
- foute Louisiana Creole French