English

factish

From fact + -ish.

Formed from fact + -ish

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to put’

Latin faciō ‘do’

Latin factus ‘done or made’

Latin factum ‘an act’

Old French fact

English fact

Today it means

adj Similar to facts, but not necessarily factual; fact-like.

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