English
falseticker
Compound of false + ticker.
Latin fallō ‘to deceive’
Latin falsus ‘counterfeit, false’
Old English fals ‘false; fraud’
Middle English false
English false
The story
Coined by American academic computer engineer David L.
Today it means
noun A timeserver that transmits an inaccurate time via the Network Time Protocol.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / falseticker