Etymograph

English

pseudoproxy

From pseudo- + proxy.

Formed from pseudo- + proxy

Ancient Greek ψεύδω ‘to lie’

Ancient Greek ψευδής ‘false, lying’

English pseudo-

Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- ‘to see’

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Latin prōcūrātiō ‘administration, management’

Medieval Latin procuratia

Anglo-Norman procuracie

Middle English procucie ‘the actions or role of a representative or…’

English proxy

Today it means

noun A simulated model of a climate that is used to reconstruct temperature distributions in the distant past

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