myEtymology.com: English etymology of cartomancy

Etymology of the English word cartomancy

the English word cartomancy

using the French suffix -mancy

derived from the French word cartomancie

derived from the Old French word carte

derived from the Medieval Latin word charta (paper, papyrus; record)

derived from the Greek word chartes, χάρτης (a sheet ('chart') of writing-material (as to be scribbled over))

using the Old French suffix -mancie

derived from the Greek word mantis, μάντις

derived from the Greek word mainesthai

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men-

The earliest known usage of cartomancy in English dates from the 19th century.

Word found in Modern English