Etymograph

English

fakebit

From fake + bit, alliterative with 8-bit.

A compound of fake + bit

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

Middle English bitte

English bit

Today it means

noun A style of electronic music that uses modern software synthesizers to simulate the sound of early 8-bit computers.

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

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