English
fauxsurrection
Blend of faux + insurrection.
A blend of faux + insurrection
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 *h₃reǵ- ‘to straighten’
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Latin īnsurrēctiō ‘rising up, insurrection, rebellion’
Latin īnsurrēctiōnem
Middle French insurrection
Middle English insurreccion ‘uprising against a government, rebellion, revolt’
English insurrection
Today it means
noun the January 6 United States Capitol attack
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fauxsurrection