English
pseudodocumentary
From pseudo- + documentary.
A compound of pseudo- + documentary
Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- ‘to take’
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Latin doceō ‘to teach or instruct’
Latin documentum ‘instruction’
French document
French documentaire
English documentary
Today it means
noun A film that mimics the style of a documentary but is not actually produced by filming real events
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “pseudodocumentary”. 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.
Etymograph / pseudodocumentary