Etymology

mythic

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Today it means: Mythical; existing in myth. Full definition →

Latin mȳthicus ← Ancient Greek μυθικός
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromμυθικός
  2. Latin · borrowed frommȳthicus
  3. English todaymythic

1660s; from Latin mȳthicus or Ancient Greek μυθικός (muthikós); equivalent to myth + -ic.

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