English
manticism
From mantic (“pertaining to divination or prophecy”) + -ism (“tendency of behaviour or action”).
Formed from mantic ‘pertaining to divination or prophecy’ + -ism ‘tendency of behaviour or action’
Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to think, mind’
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Proto-Hellenic *məňňómai
Ancient Greek μαίνομαι ‘I am mad, raving’
Ancient Greek μάντις ‘seer, soothsayer’
Ancient Greek μαντικός ‘prophetic, oracular’
English mantic
Today it means
noun The practice of divination.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / manticism