English

pseudosucker

From pseudo- + sucker.

Ancient Greek ψεύδω ‘to lie’

Ancient Greek ψευδής ‘false, lying’

Proto-Indo-European *su-

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Proto-West Germanic *sūkan ‘to suck’

Old English sūcan ‘to suck’

Middle English souken ‘to breastfeed’

Middle English souker ‘a breastfeeder’

Today it means

noun Any body part that is not a sucker but is used like one.

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

Etymograph / pseudosucker