The earliest written use of the “F-bomb” has been traced back to the 14th century:
We previously thought that the first use of the “F word” dated back to 1528 — to when a monk jotted the word in the margins of Cicero’s De Officiis. But it turns out that you can find traces of this colorful curse word in English court documents written in 1310.
Dr. Paul Booth, a former lecturer in medieval history at Keele University, was looking through court records from the age of Edward II when he accidentally…
You’ll have to click through for the context of this important discovery. It’s hilarious, albeit unsurprisingly R-rated.
And, as someone who studied Latin for several years, I can sympathize with that monk — I used that same word many times while trying to translate Cicero.
A Seat By The Fire 