Where does “pseudomythology” come from?
pseudomythology (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...
pseudomythology (English): A literary creation or fantasy having certain...
Definitions
- A literary creation or fantasy having certain...
Ancestry of “pseudomythology”, step by step
pseudomythology 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 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;... |