Etymograph

English

pseudorandom

From pseudo- + random.

A compound of pseudo- + random

Ancient Greek ψεύδω ‘to lie’

Ancient Greek ψευδής ‘false, lying’

English pseudo-

Old French randir ‘to run, gallop’

Old French randon ‘rapidity’

Middle English randoun ‘force, haste’

English randon

English random

Today it means

adj Of a sequence of numbers, such that it has all the properties of a random sequence following some probability distribution (except true randomness), but is actually generated using a deterministic algorithm.

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Etymograph / pseudorandom