Where does “フェイクニュース” come from?

フェイクニュース (Japanese) comes from English fake news — Purported news stories with false or misleading information, deliberately created to disinform.

フェイクニュース (Japanese): fake news

Definitions

  1. fake news

Ancestry of “フェイクニュース”, step by step

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