Etymograph

English

pseudoimage

From pseudo- + image.

Formed from pseudo- + image

Ancient Greek ψεύδω ‘to lie’

Ancient Greek ψευδής ‘false, lying’

English pseudo-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym-

Latin imāgō ‘a copy’

Old French image ‘sight’

Middle English ymage

English image

Today it means

noun An image constructed from secondary sources

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pseudoimage”. 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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