Etymology

pseudocharacter

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Today it means: A text character invented for language recognition tests, etc. and not occurring in real-world writing. Full definition →

English character ← Middle English caracter ← Old French caractere
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekψεύδω (pseúdō)
  2. Ancient Greekψευδής (pseudḗs)
  3. Middle Englishpseudo-
  4. Englishpseudo-
  5. Ancient Greekχαράσσω (kharássō)
  6. Ancient Greekχαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)
  7. Latincharactēr
  8. Old Frenchcaractere
  9. Middle Englishcaracter
  10. Englishcharacter
  11. English todaypseudocharacter

From pseudo- + character.

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