English
fictioneering
From fictioneer + -ing.
Formed from fictioneer + -ing
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ‘to form, to shape’
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Latin fictiō ‘fashioning, forming, formation’
Old French ficcion
Middle English ficcioun ‘an invention or fabrication’
English fiction
English fictioneer
Today it means
noun The writing of fiction.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fictioneering