Where does “pseudodeficiency” come from?
pseudodeficiency (English) comes from English deficiency, from English deficient, from Latin dēficiens, from Latin deficere, from Latin defectus, from Latin deficio, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.
pseudodeficiency (English): An apparent deficiency
Definitions
- An apparent deficiency
Ancestry of “pseudodeficiency”, step by step
pseudodeficiency traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English deficiency
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | deficiency | Inadequacy or incompleteness; An insufficiency,... |
| 2 | English | deficient | Lacking something essential; "often construed... |
| 3 | Latin | dēficiens | failing, disappointing |
| 4 | Latin | deficere | present active infinitive of dēficiō;... |
| 5 | Latin | defectus | failure; absence; weakness, failing, defect |
| 6 | Latin | deficio | I withdraw; I forsake, desert or abandon; I fail,... |
| 7 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 8 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 10 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English pseudo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pseudo | An intellectually pretentious person; a... |
| 2 | English | pseudo- | False, not genuine, fake |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ψευδής | lying, false, untrue; deceived, beguiled |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |