Etymograph

English

pseudolanguage

From pseudo- + language.

Formed from pseudo- + language

Ancient Greek ψεύδω ‘to lie’

Ancient Greek ψευδής ‘false, lying’

English pseudo-

Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s ‘tongue, speech, language’

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Latin lingua ‘tongue, speech, language’

Vulgar Latin *linguāticum

Old French language

Middle English langage ‘language’

English language

Today it means

noun Something written or spoken that resembles language but is not a true language.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pseudolanguage”. 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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