Etymograph

English

pseudoreversion

From pseudo- + reversion.

Formed from pseudo- + reversion

Ancient Greek ψεύδω ‘to lie’

Ancient Greek ψευδής ‘false, lying’

English pseudo-

Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’

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Latin vertō ‘turn’

Latin revertor ‘to return’

Latin reversio ‘the act of turning back, return’

Old French reversion ‘return’

English reversion

Today it means

noun The reversion of a mutation in which the products are different from the originals

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pseudoreversion”. 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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