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Where does “pseudoideal” come from?

pseudoideal (English) comes from English ideal, from French idéal, from Latin ideālis, from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα, from Ancient Greek εἴδω, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

pseudoideal (English): The set of all lower bounds of the set of all...

Definitions

  1. The set of all lower bounds of the set of all...

Ancestry of “pseudoideal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishidealOptimal; being the best possibility; Perfect,...
2Frenchidéalideal
3Latinideālis—
4Latinideaidea; prototype
5Ancient Greekἰδέαform, shape; look, appearance, semblance; type,...
6Ancient Greekεἴδωto see; I see
7Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →