Etymology

mythomane

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Today it means: Someone who suffers from mythomania. Full definition →

French mythomane ← Ancient Greek μανία (manía) ← Proto-Hellenic *məňňómai
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekμῦθος (mûthos)
  2. Frenchmytho-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*mn̥yétor
  5. Proto-Hellenic*məňňómai
  6. Ancient Greekμαίνομαι (maínomai)
  7. Ancient Greekμανία (manía)
  8. Frenchmythomane
  9. English todaymythomane

Borrowed from French mythomane. By surface analysis, mytho- + -mane.

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