Etymology

unmystic

U1N1M3Y4S1T1I1C3

Today it means: Not mystic. Full definition →

English mystic ← Old French mistique ← Latin mysticus
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*mewH-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*mewH-ye-
  10. Ancient Greekμῡ́ω (mū́ō)
  11. Ancient Greekμῠέω (mŭéō)
  12. Ancient Greekμῠ́στης (mŭ́stēs)
  13. Ancient Greekμῠστῐκός (mŭstĭkós)
  14. Latinmysticus
  15. Old Frenchmistique
  16. Englishmystic
  17. English todayunmystic

From un- + mystic.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.