Etymology of the English word mythology
the English word
mythologyderived from the French word
mythologiederived from the Latin word
mythologia (mythological; of, belonging to mythology)
derived from the Greek word
muthologia, μυθολογία, μυϑολογία
derived from the Greek word
muthos, μῦθος (a tale; fiction ('myth'))
using the Late Greek suffix
-logia, -λογία
derived from the Greek word
logos, λόγος (word, speech, topic, treatise, reasoning)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
derived from the Greek word
logia, λογία (a contribution)
derived from the Greek word
logos, λόγος (word, speech, topic, treatise, reasoning)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
derived from the Greek word
mûthosderived from the Greek word
logia, λογία (a contribution)
derived from the Greek word
logos, λόγος (word, speech, topic, treatise, reasoning)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
Cognates
French
mythologie, German
Mythologie, Italian
mitologia, Lithuanian
mitologija, Polish
mitologiaUsage
Word found in Modern English