Etymograph

English

testiphony

Blend of testimony + phony.

A blend of testimony + phony

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand (up)’

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Latin testis ‘witness’

Latin testimōnium

Old French testimonie

Middle English testimonie

English testimony

English fawny ‘gilt brass ring used by swindlers’

English phony

Today it means

noun False testimony.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “testiphony”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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