Where does “pseudoelastic” come from?

pseudoelastic (English) comes from English elastic, from French élastique, from Ancient Greek ἐλαστός, from Ancient Greek ἐλατός, from Ancient Greek ἐλαύνω, from Ancient Greek -τός, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

pseudoelastic (English): Exhibiting pseudoelasticity

Definitions

  1. Exhibiting pseudoelasticity

Ancestry of “pseudoelastic”, step by step

pseudoelastic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English elastic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishelasticCapable of stretching; particularly, capable of...
2Frenchélastiqueelastic; rubber band
3Ancient Greekἐλαστόςductile, flexible
4Ancient Greekἐλατόςductile
5Ancient Greekἐλαύνωdrive, set in motion; ride a horse, drive a...
6Ancient Greek-τόςcreates verbal adjectives of possibility, either...
7Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

via English pseudo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpseudoAn intellectually pretentious person; a...
2Englishpseudo-False, not genuine, fake
3Ancient Greekψευδήςlying, false, untrue; deceived, beguiled
4Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
5Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
6Proto-Indo-European-ess
7Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Words derived from “pseudoelastic

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós
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