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Where does “pseudophilosophic” come from?

pseudophilosophic (English) comes from English philosophic, from Middle English philosophik, from Latin philosophicus, from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

pseudophilosophic (English): pseudophilosophical

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  1. pseudophilosophical

Ancestry of “pseudophilosophic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishphilosophicSynonym of philosophical
2Middle Englishphilosophik—
3Latinphilosophicusphilosophical
4Ancient Greekφιλοσοφικός—
5Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
6Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
7Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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