English

pseudobulk

From pseudo- + bulk.

Ancient Greek ψεύδω ‘to lie’

Ancient Greek ψευδής ‘false, lying’

Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- ‘beam, pile, prop’

Proto-Germanic *bulkô ‘beam, pile, heap’

Old Norse búlki ‘the freight or the cargo of a ship’

Middle English bulk

English bulk

Today it means

adj Apparently bulk (but actually from a small sample)

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / pseudobulk