English

fakeclaim

From fake + claim.

A compound of fake + claim

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

Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- ‘to shout’

Latin clāmō ‘to call’

Old French clamer ‘to call’

Middle English claimen

English claim

The story

From fake + claim.

verb To call out (a person) on social media for allegedly faking a disorder.

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

Etymograph / fakeclaim