Etymograph

English

pseudocleft

From pseudo- + cleft.

Formed from pseudo- + cleft

Ancient Greek ψεύδω ‘to lie’

Ancient Greek ψευδής ‘false, lying’

English pseudo-

Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ- ‘to split’

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Proto-Germanic *kluftiz ‘splitting’

Proto-West Germanic *klufti

Old English ġeclyft ‘split, cleft’

Middle English clift ‘a cleft’

English cleft

Today it means

adj Resembling or relating to a cleft sentence.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pseudocleft”. 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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