Where does “pseudokidney” come from?

pseudokidney (English) comes from English kidney, from Middle English kideney, from Middle English kidenere, from Middle English nere, from Middle Low German nēre, from Proto-West Germanic *neurō, from Proto-Germanic neurô, from Proto-Indo-European negʷʰrós — kidney.

pseudokidney (English): A reniform intussusception visible in the imaging of some colon cancers

Definitions

  1. A reniform intussusception visible in the imaging of some colon cancers

Ancestry of “pseudokidney”, step by step

pseudokidney traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English kidney

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkidneyAn organ in the body that filters the blood,...
2Middle EnglishkideneyThe kidneys as the source of feelings
3Middle Englishkidenerekidney
4Middle Englishnerekidney; near; weren't
5Middle Low Germannēre
6Proto-West Germanic*neurō
7Proto-Germanicneurôkidney; testicle
8Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷʰróskidney

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;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷʰrósEvery word from Proto-Germanic neurôEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *neurō
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