Etymology

metamystic

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Today it means: Based on mystical beliefs. Full definition →

English mystic ← Old French mistique ← Latin mysticus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meth₂?
  3. Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
  4. Ancient Greekμετᾰ- (metă-)
  5. Englishmeta-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*mewH-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*mewH-ye-
  8. Ancient Greekμῡ́ω (mū́ō)
  9. Ancient Greekμῠέω (mŭéō)
  10. Ancient Greekμῠ́στης (mŭ́stēs)
  11. Ancient Greekμῠστῐκός (mŭstĭkós)
  12. Latinmysticus
  13. Old Frenchmistique
  14. Englishmystic
  15. English todaymetamystic

From meta- + mystic.

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