Where does “soothsayer” come from?

Soothsayer comes from Middle English sothsaier, a compound of soth (truth) and saier (one who says).

soothsayer (English): one who tells the truth; a truthful person; one...

Definitions

  1. one who tells the truth; a truthful person; one...

Ancestry of “soothsayer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsothsaier—

Words derived from “soothsayer”

Every word from Middle English sothsaier →