Where does “ῥαβδομαντεία” come from?

ῥαβδομαντεία (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek μαντεία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

ῥαβδομαντεία (Ancient Greek): divination by means of a rod; rhabdomancy

Definitions

  1. divination by means of a rod; rhabdomancy

Ancestry of “ῥαβδομαντεία”, step by step

ῥαβδομαντεία traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek μαντεία

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekμαντείαprophecy, divination, oracle; The power to...
2Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
3Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
4Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Ancient Greek ῥάβδος

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekῥάβδοςrod, wand, stick; magic wand, scepter; shaft of a...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanurb—

Words derived from “ῥαβδομαντεία”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from Ancient Greek μαντεία →