Words that come from Ancient Greek “μαντεία”

142 words across 20 languages descend from Ancient Greek μαντεία — including necromancy, necromancer, necropsy, necrology, necrophiliac, necro, necrophile, necroinflammatory.

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English (95)

Latin (8)

Ancient Greek (8)

French (6)

Italian (3)

Late Latin (3)

Greek (2)

Old French (2)

Koine Greek (2)

Middle English (2)

Romanian (2)

Spanish (1)

Finnish (1)

Middle French (1)

Medieval Latin (1)

Polish (1)

Esperanto (1)

Dutch (1)

Cebuano (1)

Japanese (1)