mythos

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμῦθοι
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromμῦθος“report, tale, story”
3. Late Latin · borrowed frommȳthos“myth”
4. English todaymythos

Borrowed from Late Latin mȳthos (“myth”), from Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “report, tale, story”). Doublet of myth. The plural form mythoi is from Ancient Greek μῦθοι (mûthoi), and the form mythoses from mythos + -es.

Words from the same roots