The story
- French · borrowed fromfaux-ami
- English todayfaux ami
Unadapted borrowing from French faux-ami, from faux (“false”) + ami (“friend”).
Words from the same roots
Frenchfaux-ami all →
false friend
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
faux ami
Today it means: A false friend; one of a pair of words in different languages or dialects that look similar and may be related but that differ significantly in meaning. Full definition →
French faux-ami