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Where does “pseudobezoar” come from?

pseudobezoar (English) comes from English bezoar, from Spanish bezoar, from French bézoard, from Arabic بَازَهْر, from Middle Persian pʾtzhl, from Middle Persian pʾt, from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎮𐎹, from Proto-Indo-Iranian paH- — to protect; to shepherd.

pseudobezoar (English): An indigestible object intentionally introduced...

Definitions

  1. An indigestible object intentionally introduced...

Ancestry of “pseudobezoar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbezoarA mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable...
2Spanishbezoarbezoar
3Frenchbézoardbezoar
4Arabicبَازَهْرbezoar
5Middle Persianpʾtzhlbezoar; antidote
6Middle Persianpʾt—
7Old Persian𐎱𐎠𐎮𐎹to protect
8Proto-Indo-IranianpaH-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- →