Etymograph

English

pseudopore

From pseudo- + pore.

Formed from pseudo- + pore

Ancient Greek ψεύδω ‘to lie’

Ancient Greek ψευδής ‘false, lying’

English pseudo-

Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘to pass, go forth’

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Ancient Greek πόρος ‘passage’

Latin porus ‘pore, passage in the body’

Old French pore

Middle English pore

English pore

Today it means

noun A structure that resembles a pore but is not a true pore.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pseudopore”. 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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