Umpatan: Perbedaan antara revisi

Kebanyakan umpatan dalam bahasa Inggris [[Etimologi|berasal dari]] kata-kata dalam bahasa berumpun Jermanik, bukan Latin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2015/06/17/swear-words-etymology-and-the-history-of-english/|title=Swear words, etymology, and the history of English {{!}} OxfordWords blog|date=17 June 2015|website=OxfordWords blog|access-date=2 October 2018|archive-date=2018-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002180939/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2015/06/17/swear-words-etymology-and-the-history-of-english/|dead-url=yes}}</ref>{{OR}} ''Shit'' berasal dari bahasa Jermanik,<ref>{{OEtymD|shit}}</ref> begitu pula ''fuck''.<ref>{{OEtymD|fuck}}</ref> Alternatif lainnya justru lebih banyak berasal dari bahasa Latin, seperti [[Buang air besar|''defecate'']] atau [[Ekskresi|''excrete'']] "buang air", maupun [[Fornikasi|''fornicate'']] atau [[Persetubuhan|''copulate'']] "berhubungan seks", banyak digunakan dalam konteks yang bersifat teknis. Oleh karena itu, umpatan seringkali disebut dalam ragam informal sebagai "Anglo-Saxon".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/anglo-saxon|title=Definition of Anglo-Saxon|publisher=Oxford Dictionaries|access-date=27 October 2018|archive-date=2018-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027185741/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/anglo-saxon|dead-url=yes}}</ref> Hal ini tidak selalu mengikuti. Misalnya, kata ''wanker'' dianggap umpatan, namun hanya sampai pertengahan abad ke-20.<ref name="early">A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: Colloquialisms and Catch Phrases, Fossilised Jokes and Puns, General Nicknames, Vulgarisms and Such Americanisms As Have Been Naturalised. Eric Partridge, Paul Beale. Routledge, 15 Nov 2002</ref><ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=wank&allowed_in_frame=0 ''wank'']. [[Online Etymology Dictionary]].</ref>