Where does “diviner” come from?
Diviner comes from Middle English divinour, from Latin divinator, an agent noun from Latin divino, derived from Latin divinus meaning divine or related to the gods, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dyew- meaning sky or shine.
diviner (English): One who foretells the future; One who divines or...
Definitions
- One who foretells the future; One who divines or...
Ancestry of “diviner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | divinour | — |
| 2 | Latin | divinator | second-person singular future passive imperative... |
| 3 | Latin | divino | I foresee, foretell, divine; I prophesy; I guess |
| 4 | Latin | dīvīnus | divine, of a deity, superhuman, supernatural |
| 5 | Latin | dīvus | of or belonging to a deity; divine |
| 6 | Old Latin | deivos | god, deity |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | deiwos | god, deity |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deywós | god |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |