Where does “mythologia” come from?
mythologia (Latin) comes 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...
mythologia (Latin): mythology
Definitions
- mythology
Ancestry of “mythologia”, step by step
mythologia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek μυθολογία
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | μυθολογία | romance, fiction, legend; story-telling |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | μυθολογέω | I tell tales |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -λόγος | word, speech; one who speaks; word, knowledge,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
via Ancient Greek μῡθολογῐ́ᾱ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | μῡθολογῐ́ᾱ | romance, fiction, legend |