Where does “pseudodoxy” come from?
pseudodoxy (English) comes from English doxy, from Middle Dutch doketje, from Middle Dutch docke, from Italian doccia, from Italian doccione, from Latin ductiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
pseudodoxy (English): False opinion or belief
Definitions
- False opinion or belief
Ancestry of “pseudodoxy”, step by step
pseudodoxy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English doxy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | doxy | A sweetheart; a prostitute or a mistress; A... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | doketje | — |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | docke | a doll; channel |
| 4 | Italian | doccia | shower; drainpipe; plaster cast |
| 5 | Italian | doccione | spout (for water); gargoyle |
| 6 | Latin | ductiō | leading (away) |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
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;... |