Etymology

pseudonymize

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Today it means: To make or render pseudonymous. Full definition →

English pseudonym(ous) ← Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? ← Latin pseudōnymus
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  1. Ancient Greekψεύδω (pseúdō)
  2. Ancient Greekψευδής (pseudḗs)
  3. Ancient Greekὄνῠμᾰ (ónŭmă)
  4. Ancient Greekψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos)
  5. Latinpseudōnymus
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  8. Englishpseudonym(ous)
  9. English todaypseudonymize

From pseudonym(ous) + -ize, following the model of anonymize.

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