Etymograph

English

fauxgasm

Blend of faux + orgasm.

A blend of faux + orgasm

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

French orgasme

English orgasm

Today it means

noun A simulated orgasm.

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

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