Where does “mythology” come from?
Mythology comes from Middle French mythologie, from Latin mythologia, meaning the study or narrative of myths.
mythology (English): The collection of myths of a people, concerning...
Definitions
- The collection of myths of a people, concerning...
Ancestry of “mythology”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | mythologie | — |
| 2 | Latin | mythologia | mythology |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μυθολογία | romance, fiction, legend; story-telling |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μυθολογέω | I tell tales |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -λόγος | word, speech; one who speaks; word, knowledge,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |