Where does “astragyromancy” come from?
astragyromancy (English) comes from English gyromancy, from English gyro, from English gyroscope, from French gyroscope, from Ancient Greek σκοπός, from Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι, from Proto-Hellenic sképťomai, from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti — to see, to look, to observe.
astragyromancy (English): Divination by dice
Definitions
- Divination by dice
Ancestry of “astragyromancy”, step by step
astragyromancy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English gyromancy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gyromancy | Divination where people walk on a circle of... |
| 2 | English | gyro | A gyroscope; A gyrocompass; An autogyro |
| 3 | English | gyroscope | an apparatus composed of a wheel which spins... |
| 4 | French | gyroscope | gyroscope |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |
via English astragalomancy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | astragalomancy | Divination by dice made from huckle-bones. They... |
| 2 | English | -mancy | divination; Variety of magic, especially that... |
| 3 | Latin | -mantia | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μαντεία | prophecy, divination, oracle; The power to... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |