Etymology

pseudonymous

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to a pseudonym. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? ← Latin pseudōnymus ← Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos)
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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. English todaypseudonymous

Adapted borrowing of Latin pseudōnymus + -ous, from Ancient Greek ψευδώνῠμος (pseudṓnŭmos). By surface analysis, pseudo- + -onymous.

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