The story
- Latin · derived from-ficare
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμυστικός“secret, mystic”
- French · derived frommystifier
- English todaymystify
From French mystifier, from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystic”) + Latin -ficare.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμυστικός all →
mysticmysticism
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.