Etymology

pseudocarapace

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Today it means: An arrangement of many bones that make up the back of some marine turtles Full definition →

English carapace ← French carapace ← Spanish carapacho
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekψεύδω (pseúdō)
  2. Ancient Greekψευδής (pseudḗs)
  3. Middle Englishpseudo-
  4. Englishpseudo-
  5. Spanishcarapacho
  6. Frenchcarapace
  7. Englishcarapace
  8. English todaypseudocarapace

From pseudo- + carapace.

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