Etymology: < fart v. Compare ( < different ablaut grades of the Germanic base of fart v.) Middle Dutch vert, vort (early modern Dutch vort), Middle Low German vort, Old High German firz, furz (Middle High German varz, vorz, vurz, early modern German farz, German Furz), (with metathesis) Old Icelandic fretr (Icelandic fretur), Old Swedish fiärter (Swedish fjärt), Old Danish fiert (Danish fjært, fjert).The modern form reflects regular late Middle English lowering of er to ar. For euphemistic reasons the word is sometimes (from the 18th cent. onwards) written with asterisks, dashes, etc., to represent suppressed letters.

Etymology: < Portuguese farte (late 15th cent. as fartes , †farteẽs (plural) denoting a small baked pastry with a soft filling flavoured with honey and spices; now usually denoting a sweet or pastry containing almonds) < fartar to fill up, stuff, to satisfy, indulge, or its etymon farte (adjective) full, abundant (both 13th cent.) < classical Latin fārctus , past participle of fārcire to stuff (see farce v.¹).In quot. 2017 with punning allusion to fart n.¹

Etymology: Cognate with Middle Dutch verten (also vorten ), Middle Low German verten (also vorten ), Old High German ferzan (Middle High German verzen (also vurzen , varzen (German furzen , (now archaic) farzen ))), (with metathesis) Old Icelandic freta (also frata ), Swedish fjärta , (regional, with metathesis) fräta , Danish fjærte , fjerte (also, regional, forte ) < the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit pardate (3rd singular present indicative), ancient Greek πέρδεσθαι , Russian perdet′ , Lithuanian persti , Albanian pjerdh , probably ultimately of imitative origin. Compare the apparently unrelated classical Latin pēdere and its cognates (see pet n.¹), apparently also of imitative origin. It is unclear whether the Germanic cognates with stem vowels other than e (or its reflex) show ablaut variation or a secondary development, either by influence of the corresponding noun (compare the Germanic forms at fart n.¹) or by (partly imitative) phonetic variation.In Old English (as in Old High German) probably a strong verb of Class III (*feortan ), although attested only as a verbal noun. The verb is likely to have become weak in Middle English (although no past forms are attested). (The later stages of the Germanic cognates are also chiefly weak; in Old Icelandic the metathesized verb has been partly assimilated to the Class V strong conjugation.) The modern form reflects regular late Middle English lowering of er to ar . For euphemistic reasons the word is sometimes (from the 18th cent. onwards) written with asterisks, dashes, etc., to represent suppressed letters. Specific senses. With to fart about (or around) at Phrasal verbs compare English regional (Gloucestershire) to coddle-fart to mess about, fuss (1890 or earlier; < coddle v.² + fart v.).