Where does “mistificare” come from?
mistificare (Romanian) comes from Romanian mistifica, from Italian mistificare, from French mystifier, from Ancient Greek μυστικός, from Ancient Greek μύστης, from Ancient Greek μυέω, from Ancient Greek -έω, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
mistificare (Romanian): mystification
Definitions
- mystification
Ancestry of “mistificare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | mistifica | to mislead, deceive; to falsify; to distort, to... |
| 2 | Italian | mistificare | to fool, bamboozle; to falsify |
| 3 | French | mystifier | to mystify, fool |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μυστικός | secret, mystic |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μύστης | one who has been initiated, initiate |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μυέω | I initiate |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -έω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |