Where does “pseudostratified” come from?

pseudostratified (English) comes from English pseudo, from English pseudo-, from Ancient Greek ψευδής, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

pseudostratified (English): Having the outward appearance of being arranged...

Definitions

  1. Having the outward appearance of being arranged...

Ancestry of “pseudostratified”, step by step

pseudostratified traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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;...

via English stratified

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishstratifiedarranged in a sequence of layers or strata;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -os