English
pseudo
Pseudo comes from Ancient Greek ψευδής ‘false, lying’, and goes back to ψεύδω ‘to lie’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEψεύδω‘to lie’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEψευδήςpseudḗs‘false, lying’root of ψεύδω
- Englishearliest quotation 2011pseudo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEψεύδω‘to lie’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEψευδήςpseudḗs‘false, lying’root of ψεύδω
- Englishearliest quotation 2011pseudo
Earliest quotation: 2011, Divina Frau-Meigs: “Issues such as verifiability (for age declared), anonymity (in…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek ψεύδω
Today it means
noun An intellectually pretentious person; a pseudointellectual.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ψεύδω / pseudo