mythology

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμυθολογία“legend”
2. Latin · derived frommȳthologia
3. Middle French · derived frommythologie
4. English todaymythology

First attested as Middle English in 1412. From Middle French mythologie, from Latin mȳthologia, from Ancient Greek μυθολογία (muthología, “legend”) μυθολογέω (muthologéō, “to tell tales”), from μυθολόγος (muthológos, “legend”), from μῦθος (mûthos, “story”) + λέγω (légō, “to say”). By surface analysis, myth + -ology or mytho- + -logy.