Etymology

mysticize

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Today it means: To make mystical. Full definition →

English mystic ← Old French mistique ← Latin mysticus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mewH-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*mewH-ye-
  3. Ancient Greekμῡ́ω (mū́ō)
  4. Ancient Greekμῠέω (mŭéō)
  5. Ancient Greekμῠ́στης (mŭ́stēs)
  6. Ancient Greekμῠστῐκός (mŭstĭkós)
  7. Latinmysticus
  8. Old Frenchmistique
  9. Englishmystic
  10. English todaymysticize

From mystic + -ize.

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