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Where does “pseudoparallel” come from?

pseudoparallel (English) comes from English parallel, from Middle French parallèle, from Latin parallēlus, from Ancient Greek παράλληλος, from Ancient Greek ἀλλήλων, from Ancient Greek ἄλλος, from Ancient Greek κρίνω, from Proto-Hellenic kríňňō — to sift, separate, divide.

pseudoparallel (English): Employing, or relating to, pseudoparallelism

Definitions

  1. Employing, or relating to, pseudoparallelism

Ancestry of “pseudoparallel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishparallelEqually distant from one another at all points;...
2Middle Frenchparallèle—
3Latinparallēlus—
4Ancient Greekπαράλληλοςbeside one another, side-by-side; parallel to or...
5Ancient Greekἀλλήλωνreferring back to a plural subject, and...
6Ancient Greekἄλλοςother, another, different, else; in combination...
7Ancient GreekκρίνωTo separate, divide, part, distinguish between...
8Proto-Hellenickríňňō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankrinyéti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide
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