Etymology

pseudocolor

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English color ← Middle English colour ← Anglo-Norman colur
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  1. Ancient Greekψεύδω (pseúdō)
  2. Ancient Greekψευδής (pseudḗs)
  3. Middle Englishpseudo-
  4. Englishpseudo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱélōs
  7. Proto-Italic*kelōs
  8. Old Latincolōs
  9. Latincolor
  10. Old Frenchcolor
  11. Anglo-Normancolur
  12. Middle Englishcolour
  13. Englishcolor
  14. English todaypseudocolor

From pseudo- + color.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.