Where does “pseudoterminal” come from?

pseudoterminal (English) comes from English terminal, from French terminal, from Latin terminalis, from Latin Terminus, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus, from Proto-Italic termenos — boundary, end.

pseudoterminal (English): A pair of pseudodevices that can communicate with...

Definitions

  1. A pair of pseudodevices that can communicate with...

Ancestry of “pseudoterminal”, step by step

pseudoterminal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English terminal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishterminalA building in an airport where passengers...
2Frenchterminalterminal
3Latinterminalisboundary; terminal; final, concluding
4LatinTerminusthe deity presiding over boundaries; a personification of the term terminus
5Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
6Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
7Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
8Proto-Italictermenos
9Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end

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 térmn̥Every word from Proto-Italic termenosEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ter-
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