English

pseudosentient

From pseudo- + sentient.

Ancient Greek ψεύδω ‘to lie’

Ancient Greek ψευδής ‘false, lying’

Proto-Indo-European *sent- ‘to feel’

Proto-Italic *sentiō ‘to feel, to sense, to perceive’

Latin sentiō ‘feel, perceive’

Latin sentiēns ‘feeling, perceiving’

Today it means

adj Seemingly sentient but not truly so.

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

Etymograph / pseudosentient