English
healthwashing
From health + -wash + -ing.
Formed from health + -wash + -ing
Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos ‘healthy’
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Proto-Germanic *hailiþō ‘wholeness’
Proto-West Germanic *hailiþu ‘wholeness’
Old English hǣlþ
Middle English helthe ‘soundness’
English health
Today it means
noun The practice of disguising a food’s low nutritional value by using marketing buzzwords or misleading labels.
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Etymograph / healthwashing