Where does “mystery-monger” come from?
mystery-monger (English) comes from English mystery, from Middle English mysterie, from Old French mistere, from Latin mystērium, from Ancient Greek μυστήριον, from Ancient Greek μύστης, from Ancient Greek μυέω, from Ancient Greek -έω — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
mystery-monger (English): A person who deliberately or habitually mystifies others
Definitions
- A person who deliberately or habitually mystifies others
Ancestry of “mystery-monger”, step by step
mystery-monger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mystery
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mystery | Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown;... |
| 2 | Middle English | mysterie | Obscure or esoteric religious teachings or... |
| 3 | Old French | mistere | mystery |
| 4 | Latin | mystērium | mystery (secret rite or worship) |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μυστήριον | revealed secret; mystery, secret; object used in... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μύστης | one who has been initiated, initiate |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μυέω | I initiate |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -έω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |