Where does “μυθολογία” come from?
μυθολογία (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek μυθολογέω, from Ancient Greek -λόγος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
μυθολογία (Ancient Greek): romance, fiction, legend; story-telling
Definitions
- romance, fiction, legend; story-telling
Ancestry of “μυθολογία”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | μυθολογέω | I tell tales |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | -λόγος | word, speech; one who speaks; word, knowledge,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |