English

Fakémon

Blend of fake + Pokémon.

A compound of fake + Pokémon

Proto-West Germanic *fegōn ‘to clean up, polish’

Old Saxon fegōn

Middle Low German vēgen

German Low German fegen

English feague ‘to spruce up, embellish’

English fake

English pocket monster

Japanese ポケモン

Today it means

noun An unofficial Pokémon; for example, any Pokémon invented in fanart.

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

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