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Where does “mysteriosophy” come from?

mysteriosophy (English) comes from Ancient Greek μυστήριον, from Ancient Greek μύστης, from Ancient Greek μυέω, from Ancient Greek -έω, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

mysteriosophy (English): Doctrine and knowledge pertaining to secrets and...

Definitions

  1. Doctrine and knowledge pertaining to secrets and...

Ancestry of “mysteriosophy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekμυστήριονrevealed secret; mystery, secret; object used in...
2Ancient Greekμύστηςone who has been initiated, initiate
3Ancient GreekμυέωI initiate
4Ancient Greek-έωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
5Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
6Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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