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Where does “nigromancie” come from?

nigromancie (Old French) comes from Medieval Latin nigromantia, from Latin necromantīa, from Ancient Greek νεκρομαντεία, from Ancient Greek μαντεία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

nigromancie (Old French): nigromancy

Definitions

  1. nigromancy

Ancestry of “nigromancie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinnigromantia—
2Latinnecromantīa—
3Ancient Greekνεκρομαντείαnecromancy
4Ancient Greekμαντείαprophecy, divination, oracle; The power to...
5Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “nigromancie”

  • necromancy
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