English
fauxpology
Blend of faux + apology.
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
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning…’
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Ancient Greek λόγος ‘that which is said: word, sentence, speech,…’
Ancient Greek ἀπολογία ‘a speech in defence’
Ecclesiastical Latin apologia ‘a defense, apology’
French apologie
English apology
Today it means
noun Synonym of non-apology.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fauxpology