μῦθος
mŷthos
“speech, tale”
4 words in English grow from this root.
Myth
Mythμῦθοςmŷthos
“a thing spoken”
Mythology
Mythμῦθοςmŷthos
“the telling of tales”
Mythomania
Mindμῦθοςmŷthos
“story madness”
Stichomythia
Artστίχοςstíchos
“line-by-line speech”