Where does “fake news” come from?

fake news (Danish) comes from English fake news — Purported news stories with false or misleading information, deliberately created to disinform.

fake news (Danish): news stories with false information, deliberately...

Definitions

  1. news stories with false information, deliberately...

Ancestry of “fake news”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfake newsPurported news stories with false or misleading information, deliberately created to disinform
Every word from English fake news