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myth/o — Story or traditional account

myth/o means story or traditional account. Ancient Greek source words and ideas terminology examples: mythology.

Meaning and source words

Meaning: Story or traditional account

• Ancient Greek: μῦθος (mythos)

Examples and word parts

mythology

A body of traditional stories, or the study of those stories.

Word parts: myth/o (story) + -logy (account or study); mythos did not simply mean a false statement.

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