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Where does “mythologue” come from?

mythologue (English) comes from English -logue, from French -logue, from Ancient Greek -λόγος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

mythologue (English): A fabulous narrative; a myth

Definitions

  1. A fabulous narrative; a myth

Ancestry of “mythologue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-logueUsed to denote discourse of a specified kind;...
2French-logue-logist
3Ancient Greek-λόγοςword, speech; one who speaks; word, knowledge,...
4Ancient Greek-ός—
5Proto-Hellenic*-os—
6Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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