Etymograph

English

fakeaway

Blend of fake + takeaway.

A blend of fake + takeaway

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

Today it means

noun A homemade meal intended to replicate takeaway food ordered from a restaurant.

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

Etymograph / fakeaway