Where does “mythic” come from?
Mythic comes from English myth plus the French suffix -ique, from Latin -icus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos, an adjectival suffix.
mythic (English): Mythical; existing in myth; Larger-than-life
Definitions
- Mythical; existing in myth; Larger-than-life
Ancestry of “mythic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | mythicus | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | μυθικός | mythic, legendary |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
Words derived from “mythic”