mythical etymology

English word mythical comes from English -ical, English myth

Detailed word origin of mythical

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-ical English (eng) Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning "of or pertaining to"; adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also.
myth English (eng) (uncountable) Such stories as a genre.. A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception; a fictitious or imaginary person or thing; a popular conception about a real person or event which exaggerates or idealizes reality.. A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose actual existence is not verifiable.. A person or thing held in excessive or quasi-religious awe or [...]
mythical English (eng) (by extension) Not real; false or fabricated.. Existing in myth.

Words with the same origin as mythical

Descendants of -ical
archaeological biblical biological geological neurological pathological philosophical psychological technological zoo