Etymology of the French word mythologie
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)
Date
The earliest known usage of mythologie in French dates from the 15th century.
Derivations in other languages
English
mythologist, English
mythology, Romanian
mitologieCognates
English
mythology, German
Mythologie, Italian
mitologia, Lithuanian
mitologija, Polish
mitologia
