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- Proto-Indo-European*(s)gʷʰh₂el-
- Proto-Italic*falsō?
- Latinfallō
- Latinfalsus
- Old Frenchfals
- Middle Frenchfaulx
- Frenchfaux
- Englishfaux
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Englishphoto-
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
- Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
- Englishphotograph
- English todayfauxtograph
Blend of faux + photograph; compare fauxtography.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.