Etymograph

English

pseudospace

From pseudo- + space.

Formed from pseudo- + space

Ancient Greek ψεύδω ‘to lie’

Ancient Greek ψευδής ‘false, lying’

English pseudo-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)peh₂- ‘to stretch’

Latin spatium ‘space’

Old French espace ‘space’

Anglo-Norman space

Middle English space

English space

Today it means

noun That which appears to be space or a space, or has only some aspects of space.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pseudospace”. 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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