Etymograph

English

pseudoclass

From pseudo- + class.

Formed from pseudo- + class

Ancient Greek ψεύδω ‘to lie’

Ancient Greek ψευδής ‘false, lying’

English pseudo-

Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- ‘to call’

Latin classis ‘a class or division of the people’

Middle French classe

English class

Today it means

noun A construct in code that behaves like a class but is not a true class.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pseudoclass”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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