Etymology

acultomancy

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Today it means: divination using needles Full definition →

Latin acūleus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromacūleus“needle”
  2. English todayacultomancy

From acutomancy, influenced by Latin acūleus (“needle”), + -mancy.

Words from the same roots

Latinacūleus all →

aculeiformaculeousaculeus

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.