English
aeromancy
Aeromancy comes from Latin āeromantia ‘Divination from the state of the air’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEāeromantia‘Divination from the state of the air’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400aermancie
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500aeremance
- Englishearliest quotation 1900aeromancy
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEāeromantia‘Divination from the state of the air’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400aermancie
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500aeremance
- Englishearliest quotation 1900aeromancy
Earliest quotation: 1900, 1693, François Rabelais: “Have you a mind (quoth Her Trippa) to have…”
Equivalent to aero- + -mancy
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘dawn’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér ‘in the direction of dawn, east’
Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr ‘morning mist’
Ancient Greek ἀήρ ‘air’
Ancient Greek ἀέρος
English aero-
Every English word from Latin āeromantia
Today it means
noun Divination by use of atmospheric conditions.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin āeromantia / aeromancy