Etymology

pseudopalate

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Today it means: A retainer-like plate, lined with electrodes, placed on the roof of the mouth in some forms of palatography. Full definition →

English palate ← Middle English palate ← Old French palat
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekψεύδω (pseúdō)
  2. Ancient Greekψευδής (pseudḗs)
  3. Middle Englishpseudo-
  4. Englishpseudo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-os
  8. Latinpalātum
  9. Old Frenchpalat
  10. Middle Englishpalate
  11. Englishpalate
  12. English todaypseudopalate

From pseudo- + palate.

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