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Where does “mystifisere” come from?

mystifisere (Norwegian Bokmål) 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.

mystifisere (Norwegian Bokmål): to mystify

Definitions

  1. to mystify

Ancestry of “mystifisere”, 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 “mystifisere”

  • avmystifisere
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