The whole of linguistics is pseudoscientific because it ignores semantics. For example, we can observe a very strange phenomenon. I'am going to make a simple list with words that I think their semantics are related. The list is: renew rebirth resurrection Etymologies: rebirth (n.) 1833, from re- + birth (n.). birth (n.) early 13c., from a Scandinavian source, cf. O.N. *byrðr (replacing cognate O.E. gebyrd "birth, descent, race; offspring; nature; fate"), from P.Gmc. *gaburthis (cf. O.Fris. berd , O.S. giburd , Du. geboorte , O.H.G. giburt , Ger. geburt , Goth. gabaurþs ), from PIE *bhrto pp. of root *bher- (1) "to carry; to bear children" (cf. Skt. bhrtih "a bringing, maintenance," L. fors , gen. fortis "chance;" see bear (v.)). Suffix -th is for "process" (as in bath, death ). Meaning "parentage, lineage, extraction" (revived from O.E.) is fr