Where does “pseudomythological” come from?
pseudomythological (English) comes from English mythological, 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 — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
pseudomythological (English): Having certain aspects of myth; apparently, but...
Definitions
- Having certain aspects of myth; apparently, but...
Ancestry of “pseudomythological”, step by step
pseudomythological traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mythological
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mythological | Of, or relating to myths or mythology; Legendary;... |
| 2 | English | mythology | The collection of myths of a people, concerning... |
| 3 | Middle French | mythologie | — |
| 4 | Latin | mythologia | mythology |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μυθολογία | romance, fiction, legend; story-telling |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μυθολογέω | I tell tales |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -λόγος | word, speech; one who speaks; word, knowledge,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
via English pseudo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pseudo | An intellectually pretentious person; a... |
| 2 | English | pseudo- | False, not genuine, fake |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ψευδής | lying, false, untrue; deceived, beguiled |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |