English

Faketoshi

Blend of fake + Satoshi.

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

Japanese さとし

Today it means

name Someone who falsely claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin.

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

Etymograph / Faketoshi