Etymograph

English

pseudotriangle

From pseudo- + triangle.

Formed from pseudo- + triangle

Ancient Greek ψεύδω ‘to lie’

Ancient Greek ψευδής ‘false, lying’

English pseudo-

Latin triangulus ‘three-cornered, having three angles’

Latin triangulum

Old French triangle

Middle English triangle

English triangle

Today it means

noun Any subset of a plane that lies between any three mutually tangent convex sets

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pseudotriangle”. 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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