Etymograph

English

pseudotooth

From pseudo- + tooth.

Formed from pseudo- + tooth

Ancient Greek ψεύδω ‘to lie’

Ancient Greek ψευδής ‘false, lying’

English pseudo-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- ‘to smell’

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Proto-Germanic *tanþs

Proto-West Germanic *tanþ

Old English tōþ

Middle English toth

English tooth

Today it means

noun An excrescence of bone, in some primitive birds, that resembles a tooth

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pseudotooth”. 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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