myEtymology.com: English etymology of psychomancy

Etymology of the English word psychomancy

the English word psychomancy

using the English prefix psycho-

derived from the Greek word psuche, ψυχή (breath; spirit, abstractly or concretely)

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

using the English suffix -mancy

derived from 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-