"impostor, cheat," mid-14c., from Anglo-French faiteor, faiture "evildoer; slothful person," apparently a specialized use of Old French faiture "sorcery, spell," literally "deed, action," from Latin facere "do, make, perform" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put"), an etymologically neutral term taken in a bad sense.
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