A compound of life + fuel
Proto-Germanic *lībą ‘life’
Proto-West Germanic *līb ‘body’
Old English līf
Middle English lyf
English life
Latin focus ‘hearth’
Late Latin focus ‘fire’
Old French feu ‘fire’
Old French fouaille ‘firewood’
Middle English fuayle ‘fuel’
English fuel
Today it means
noun Something that causes one to feel schadenfreude or nihilistic satisfaction, especially over the suffering of women.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lifefuel
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