Etymograph

English

fakeitude

From fake + -itude.

Formed from fake + -itude

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 The state of being fake; fakeness.

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

Etymograph / fakeitude