Where does “mythologian” come from?
mythologian (English) comes from English mythology, from Middle French mythologie, from Latin mythologia, from Ancient Greek μυθολογία, from Ancient Greek μυθολογέω, from Ancient Greek -λόγος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
mythologian (English): A mythologist
Definitions
- A mythologist
Ancestry of “mythologian”, step by step
mythologian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mythology
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mythology | The collection of myths of a people, concerning... |
| 2 | Middle French | mythologie | — |
| 3 | Latin | mythologia | mythology |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μυθολογία | romance, fiction, legend; story-telling |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μυθολογέω | I tell tales |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -λόγος | word, speech; one who speaks; word, knowledge,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
via English ian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ian | — |
| 2 | Irish | Eoin | John any of several people in the Bible |
| 3 | Old Irish | Iohain | John apostle |
| 4 | Latin | Iōannēs | John biblical persons |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἰωάννης | — |
| 6 | Hebrew | יוחנן | Yahweh is gracious |
| 7 | Hebrew | חנון | gracious, merciful, compassionate; passive... |
| 8 | Moroccan Arabic | خنونة | mucus, snot |
| 9 | Arabic | خُنَّة | — |