English

fauxtina

Blend of faux + patina.

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

Ancient Greek πατάνη ‘kind of flat dish’

Latin patina ‘dish, pan’

Italian patina ‘a patina (of age)’

Today it means

noun Artificial patina applied to a wristwatch etc. for cosmetic purposes.

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

Etymograph / fauxtina