English
furu
Blend of fake + guru.
Proto-West Germanic *fegōn ‘to clean up, polish’
Old Saxon fegōn
Middle Low German vēgen
German Low German fegen
English feague ‘to spruce up, embellish’
English fake
Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂- ‘heavy’
Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us ‘heavy’
Proto-Indo-Iranian *gr̥Húš ‘heavy’
Sanskrit गुरु ‘heavy; weighty; important’
Hindi गुरु ‘guru, teacher’
English guru
Today it means
noun A person who fraudulently poses as a guru.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / furu