pseudo-colloquial

adj

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin loquor Latin colloquor Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin colloquiumder. Middle English colloquies English colloquy Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English colloquial English pseudo-colloquial From pseudo- + colloquial.

  1. derived from -ālisbor
  2. derived from -albor

Definitions

  1. Apparently, but not actually, colloquial.

    • A key feature of the colloquial or pseudo-colloquial register in Hebrew appeared to be a system of T/V distinction with V-forms in 3 sg.m./f.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pseudo-colloquial. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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