Etymograph

English

pseudonutrition

From pseudo- + nutrition.

Formed from pseudo- + nutrition

Ancient Greek ψεύδω ‘to lie’

Ancient Greek ψευδής ‘false, lying’

English pseudo-

Proto-Indo-European *snew-tr-ih₂ ‘female nurser’

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Latin nūtriō ‘to suckle, breastfeed, nurse’

Latin nutritio

Old French nutricion

Middle French nutrition

English nutrition

Today it means

noun pseudoscientific dietary practices

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pseudonutrition”. 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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