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photomancy

/foʊtɔːmænsi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pho-to-man-cy
IPA
/foʊtɔːmænsi/
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

divination using light

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *méntis Proto-Hellenic *mə́tis Ancient Greek μάντις (mántis) Pre-Greekder.? Proto-Hellenic *-eús Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύομαι (-eúomai) Ancient Greek μᾰντεύομαι (mănteúomai) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek μᾰντείᾱ (mănteíā)der. Latin -mantīabor. English -mancy English photomancy From photo- (“light”) + -mancy (“divination of”), from Latin -mantia, ultimately from Ancient Greek μᾰντείᾱ (mănteíā, “divination”).

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Antonyms

sciomancy umbramancy

Rhymes With

border fancy umbramancy

Questions

How do you pronounce photomancy?
The recorded pronunciation is /foʊtɔːmænsi/.
What does photomancy mean?
divination using light
Where does photomancy come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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