Where does “fakebook” come from?
fakebook (English) comes from German Fake, from English fake, from English feak, from German fegen, from Middle Low German vegen, from Old Dutch fegōn, from Proto-West Germanic faginōn, from Proto-Germanic faginōną.
fakebook (English): A collection of musical lead sheets intended to...
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- A collection of musical lead sheets intended to...
Ancestry of “fakebook”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Fake | fake, rip-off; fake |
| 2 | English | fake | Not real; false, fraudulent; Insincere; Something... |
| 3 | English | feak | Alternative form of feague |
| 4 | German | fegen | to sweep, to polish |
| 5 | Middle Low German | vegen | — |
| 6 | Old Dutch | fegōn | to cleanse |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | faginōn | to gladden, rejoice |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | faginōną | to gladden, rejoice |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pōḱ- | — |