Etymograph

English

pseudosphere

From pseudo- + sphere.

Formed from pseudo- + sphere

Ancient Greek ψεύδω ‘to lie’

Ancient Greek ψευδής ‘false, lying’

English pseudo-

Proto-Indo-European *sperH- ‘to kick, rebound, move convulsively’

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Latin sphaera ‘ball, globe, celestial sphere’

Late Latin sphēra

Old French sphere ‘sphere (shape)’

Middle English spere ‘the cosmos, outer space’

English sphere

Today it means

noun A surface generated by rotating a tractrix about its asymptote; a tractricoid

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

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