Where does “divination” come from?
Divination comes from Old French divination, from Latin divinatio (the act of foretelling), derived from Latin divinus (divine, godlike) using the Latin suffix -tio, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dyew- (sky, deity) with Proto-Indo-European suffixes -iHnos and -no-.
divination (English): The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling...
Definitions
- The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling...
Ancestry of “divination”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | divination | — |
| 2 | Latin | divinatio | divination, prophecy |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |