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Where does “mythologie” come from?

mythologie (French) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

mythologie (French): mythology

Definitions

  1. mythology

Ancestry of “mythologie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmythologie—
2Latinmythologiamythology
3Ancient Greekμυθολογίαromance, fiction, legend; story-telling
4Ancient GreekμυθολογέωI tell tales
5Ancient Greek-λόγοςword, speech; one who speaks; word, knowledge,...
6Ancient Greek-ός—
7Proto-Hellenic*-os—
8Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “mythologie”

  • mythologie
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