Mythology
late Middle English: from French mythologie, or via late Latin from Greek muthologia, from muthos ‘myth’ + -logia (see -logy).
wiktionary
First attested as Middle English[Term?] in 1412. From Middle French mythologie, from Latin mythologia, from Ancient Greek μυθολογία(muthología, “legend”) μυθολογέω(muthologéō, “I tell tales”), from μυθολόγος(muthológos, “legend”), from μῦθος(mûthos, “story”) + λέγω(légō, “I say”).
etymonline
mythology (n.)
early 15c., "exposition of myths, the investigation and interpretation of myths," from Late Latin mythologia, from Greek mythologia "legendary lore, a telling of mythic legends; a legend, story, tale," from mythos "myth" (a word of unknown origin; see myth) + -logia (see -logy "study"). Meaning "a body or system of myths" is recorded by 1781.
