English

pseudonull

From pseudo- + null.

Ancient Greek ψεύδω ‘to lie’

Ancient Greek ψευδής ‘false, lying’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos ‘one’

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Proto-Italic *noinolos

Latin nūllus ‘no one, none, not any, nothing’

Old French nul ‘nobody’

Middle French nul ‘nobody’

English null

Today it means

noun A null result obtained as a result of error or interference

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

Etymograph / pseudonull