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English word fart comes from Proto-Indo-European *pérde, and later Proto-Indo-European *pérdetor (To be farting.)
*pérde (Proto-Indo-European)
*pérdetor (Proto-Indo-European)
To be farting.
*fertaną (Proto-Germanic)
To break wind, fart.
*feortan (Old English)
farten (Middle English)
fart (English)
(colloquial, usually, as "fart around") To waste time with idle and inconsequential tasks; to go about one's activities in a lackadaisical manner; to be lazy or over-relaxed in one's manner or bearing.. (informal, mildly, vulgar) To emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate. (colloquial, vulgar) An irritating person; a fool.. (colloquial, vulgar, potentially offensive) (usually as [...]