Where does “augury” come from?
Augury comes from English augur plus the Latin suffix -ia, which derives from Latin -ivus and -ia, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European -kos.
augury (English): A divination based on the appearance and...
Definitions
- A divination based on the appearance and...
Ancestry of “augury”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | augurie | — |
| 2 | Latin | augurium | augury; divination, prediction; omen, portent |
| 3 | Latin | augur | augur (priest, diviner, or soothsayer, one who foretold the future in part by interpreting the song and flight of birds) |
| 4 | Latvian | augos | locative plural form of augs; locative plural... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |