Etymograph

English

fakester

From fake + -ster.

Formed from fake + -ster

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 person who seeks to deceive others.

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

Etymograph / fakester