Etymology

mythus

myth·us
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Today it means: Synonym of mythos. Full definition →

Late Latin mythus ← Ancient Greek μῦθος
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The story

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

Borrowed from Late Latin mythus, from Late Latin mȳthos (“myth”), from Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “report, tale, story”).

Words from the same roots

Late Latinmȳthos all →

Ancient Greekμῦθος all →

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