Where does “pseudoexfoliative” come from?
pseudoexfoliative (English) comes from English exfoliative, from English exfoliate, from Latin exfoliō, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
pseudoexfoliative (English): relating to, or causing pseudoexfoliation
Definitions
- relating to, or causing pseudoexfoliation
Ancestry of “pseudoexfoliative”, step by step
pseudoexfoliative traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English exfoliative
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | exfoliative | That causes, or is accompanied by, exfoliation |
| 2 | English | exfoliate | To remove the leaves from a plant; To remove a... |
| 3 | Latin | exfoliō | to strip of leaves |
| 4 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
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;... |