Etymograph

English

pseudolikelihood

From pseudo- + likelihood.

Formed from pseudo- + likelihood

Ancient Greek ψεύδω ‘to lie’

Ancient Greek ψευδής ‘false, lying’

English pseudo-

Middle English liklihode

English likelihood

Today it means

noun An approximation to the joint probability distribution of a collection of random variables.

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