mystery
English
/ˈmɪstəɹi/
noun
Definitions
- Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
- Someone or something with an obscure or puzzling nature.
- (obsolete) A secret or mystical meaning.
- A religious truth not understandable by the application of human reason alone (without divine aid).
- (archaic) A sacrament.
- (mostly) A secret religious celebration, admission to which was usually through initiation.
- (Catholicism) A particular event or series of events in the life of Christ.
- A craft, art or trade; specifically a guild of craftsmen.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English mysterie derived from misterie derived from Latin mysterium (mystery) derived from Ancient Greek μυστήριον (a secret, a mystery, a secret rite, mystery).
Origin
Ancient Greek
μυστήριον
Gloss
a secret, a mystery, a secret rite, mystery
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bibliomystery English
- mysteriarch English
- mysteried English
- mysteriosophy English
- mysterize English
- nonmystery English
- mysterium Latin
- mystērium Latin
- Mysterium German
- misztérium Hungarian
- mysterie Dutch, Flemish
- μυστήριον Ancient Greek
- μῠ́στης Ancient Greek
- μῠστήρῐον Ancient Greek
- mysterium Swedish
- misterie Middle English
- mistery Middle English
- mysterie Middle English
- mystery Middle English
- mysterye Middle English
- misteri Catalan, Valencian
- mistèri Occitan
- 미스터리 Korean
- misterie xno