Etymograph

English

pseudocoelia

Pseudocoelia comes from Ancient Greek κοιλία ‘cavity of the body’, from κοῖλος ‘hollow’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱowilos.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱowilosreconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκοῖλος‘hollow’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκοιλίαkoilía‘cavity of the body’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1882pseudocoelia

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱowilosreconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκοῖλος‘hollow’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκοιλίαkoilía‘cavity of the body’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1882pseudocoelia

Earliest quotation: 1882, Burt Green Wilder: “the inaccurate representation of the pseudocoelia is exaggerated”.

Formed from pseudo-

Ancient Greek ψεύδω ‘to lie’

Ancient Greek ψευδής ‘false, lying’

English pseudo-

Linked words

through Ancient Greek κοιλία ‘cavity of the body’

celiac, coeliac, 2 more

Today it means

noun The fifth ventricle in the mammalian brain.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱowilos / pseudocoelia

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