English
fauxtograph
Blend of faux + photograph; compare fauxtography.
A blend of faux + photograph
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
The story
Blend of faux + photograph; compare fauxtography.
Today it means
noun A fake, staged, or doctored photograph.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fauxtograph