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Where does “oneiromancer” come from?

oneiromancer (English) comes from English -mancer, from English necromancer, from English necromancy, from Middle English nigromancye, from Old French nigromancie, from Medieval Latin nigromantia, from Latin necromantīa, from Ancient Greek νεκρομαντεία — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

oneiromancer (English): One who practises oneiromancy

Definitions

  1. One who practises oneiromancy

Ancestry of “oneiromancer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-mancerA practitioner of a specific type of divination;...
2EnglishnecromancerA person who practices or performs necromancy
3EnglishnecromancyDivination involving the dead or death; Loosely,...
4Middle Englishnigromancye—
5Old Frenchnigromancienigromancy
6Medieval Latinnigromantia—
7Latinnecromantīa—
8Ancient Greekνεκρομαντείαnecromancy
9Ancient Greekμαντείαprophecy, divination, oracle; The power to...
10Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
11Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
12Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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