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Where does “mystifizieren” come from?

mystifizieren (German) comes from French mystifier, from Ancient Greek μυστικός, from Ancient Greek μύστης, from Ancient Greek μυέω, from Ancient Greek -έω, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Ancestry of “mystifizieren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmystifierto mystify, fool
2Ancient Greekμυστικόςsecret, mystic
3Ancient Greekμύστηςone who has been initiated, initiate
4Ancient GreekμυέωI initiate
5Ancient Greek-έωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
6Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
7Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “mystifizieren”

  • avmystifisere
  • mystifisere
  • misztifikál
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