Etymograph

English

pseudolandmark

From pseudo- + landmark.

Formed from pseudo- + landmark

Ancient Greek ψεύδω ‘to lie’

Ancient Greek ψευδής ‘false, lying’

English pseudo-

Proto-West Germanic *landamarku ‘boundary, landmark’

Old English landmearc ‘boundary’

Middle English *landmark

English landmark

Today it means

noun Any of a number of points used to quantify a shape

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pseudolandmark”. 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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