Etymology

mythomaniac

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

French mythomane
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  1. French · borrowed frommythomane
  2. English todaymythomaniac

Borrowed from French mythomane. By surface analysis, mytho- + -maniac. Attested in English since 1950s.

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.