English
mythomane
Mythomane comes from French mythomane ‘mythomaniac’, from Ancient Greek μανία ‘madness’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to think, mind’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-‘to think, mind’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mn̥yétor‘to think’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*məňňómaireconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμαίνομαιmaínomai‘to rage’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEμανίαmanía‘madness’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmythomane‘mythomaniac’
- Englishearliest quotation 2019same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-‘to think, mind’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mn̥yétor‘to think’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*məňňómaireconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμαίνομαιmaínomai‘to rage’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEμανίαmanía‘madness’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmythomane‘mythomaniac’
- Englishearliest quotation 2019same form
Earliest quotation: 2019, Louis Theroux, London: Macmillan: “Maybe because I was working on the programmes at…”
Equivalent to mytho- + -mane
Ancient Greek μῦθος ‘something said: word, speech, conversation’
English mytho-
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to think, mind’
music, money, mind, amount, mental, mention, mountain, museum, comment, remain, mouth, monster, auto, mount, min, monitor, permanent, demonstration, monetary, mentor, monk, mint, monument, dementia, monte, maya, monastery, muse, mosaic, summon, menace, ming, imminent, mont, amnesty, muster, monstrous, eminent, mas, prominence, 125 more
through Ancient Greek μαίνομαι ‘to rage’
Today it means
noun Someone who suffers from mythomania.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *men- / mythomane