Etymograph

English

fauxcest

From faux (“fake”) + -cest (“incest”).

Formed from faux ‘fake’ + -cest ‘incest’

Latin fallō ‘to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude,…’

Latin falsus ‘deceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed,…’

Old French fals ‘false’

Middle French faulx

French faux

English faux

Today it means

noun A type of sexual roleplay where participants who are not actually related engage in fictional incestuous scenarios.

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

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