Etymograph

English

fuck with

From fuck + with.

Formed from fuck + with

Middle English *fukken ‘to fuck’

English fuck

Proto-Germanic *wiþi

Proto-West Germanic *wiþi ‘toward’

Old English wiþ ‘against’

Middle English with

English with

The story

In some senses, shortened from fuck around + with.

Today it means

verb To interact with in a careless or inappropriate way.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / fuck with