Where does “Deepfake” come from?
Deepfake (German) comes from English deepfake, 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.
Deepfake (German): deepfake
Definitions
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Ancestry of “Deepfake”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | deepfake | A convincingly realistic but fake image, video, or audio created with the use of artificial intelligence, especially one that imposes the face of one person onto the body of someone else |
| 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- | — |