Etymology

faux

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Today it means: Fake or artificial. Full definition →

French faux ← Middle French faulx ← Old French fals
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faux · adjective1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)gʷʰh₂el-
  2. Proto-Italic*falsō?
  3. Latinfallō
  4. Latinfalsus
  5. Old Frenchfals
  6. Middle Frenchfaulx
  7. Frenchfaux
  8. English todayfaux

Unadapted borrowing from French faux. Doublet of false.

Faux · proper noun2

  1. French · borrowed fromFaux
  2. English todayFaux

Either a variant of Faulks or borrowed from French Faux.

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