English

fauxtism

Blend of faux + autism

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 *h₂ew ‘again, away from’

Ancient Greek αὐτός ‘self’

German Autismus

Today it means

noun Fake or feigned autism.

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

Etymograph / fauxtism