Etymograph

English

fakeship

Blend of fake + relationship.

A blend of fake + relationship

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 disingenuous, fraudulent, or artificial relationship.

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

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