Etymology

ambulomancy

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Today it means: Any of various forms of divination that involve walking, often in circles. Full definition →

Latin ambulō
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromambulō“walk”
  2. English todayambulomancy

From Latin ambulō (“walk”) + -mancy.

Words from the same roots

Latinambulō all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.