myEtymology.com: English etymology of geomancy

Etymology of the English word geomancy

the English word geomancy

derived from the Latin word geomantia

derived from the Late Greek word geomanteia

derived from the Late Greek word manteia, μαντεία

using the Greek prefix geo-, γεω-

derived from the Greek word ge, γῆ (earth, land, soil; world)

using the Greek suffix -manteia, -μαντεία

derived from the Greek word mantis, μάντις

derived from the Greek word mainesthai

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

Word found in Modern English