Etymograph

English

pseudologic

Pseudologic comes from Ancient Greek ψευδής ‘lying, false, untrue’, and goes back to ψεύδω ‘to lie, deceive’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEψεύδωpseúdō‘to lie, deceive’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEψευδήςpseudḗs‘lying, false, untrue’
  3. Englishtodaypseudologic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEψεύδωpseúdō‘to lie, deceive’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEψευδήςpseudḗs‘lying, false, untrue’
  3. Englishtodaypseudologic

A compound of pseudo- ‘false’ + logic

Ancient Greek ψεύδω ‘to lie’

Ancient Greek ψευδής ‘false, lying’

English pseudo-

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to collect, gather (words)’

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Ancient Greek λογική ‘logic’

Latin logica

Old French logike

Middle English logik

English logic

Every English word from Ancient Greek ψεύδω

Today it means

noun False logic. A logical argument that deliberately omits an outcome so that a false conclusion is reached.

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek ψεύδω / pseudologic

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