Etymograph

English

pseudointersection

From pseudo- + intersection.

Formed from pseudo- + intersection

Ancient Greek ψεύδω ‘to lie’

Ancient Greek ψευδής ‘false, lying’

English pseudo-

Latin intersecō ‘to intersect’

Latin intersectiō ‘an intersection’

Middle French intersection

English intersection

Today it means

noun A set for which the number of elements that are not in the intersection (of two infinite sets) is finite.

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

Etymograph / pseudointersection