noun, masculine/feminine/mi.tɔ.man/plural: mythomanes
mythomaniac; liar, fabulist
Etymology tree Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos)der. French mytho- Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *mn̥yétorder. Proto-Hellenic *məňňómai Ancient Greek μαίνομαι (maínomai) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek μανία (manía)der. French -mane French mythomane From mytho- + -mane m or f by sense. First attested in 1905 coined by Ernest Dupré.