Etymology

anthracomancy

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Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἄνθραξ“coal”
  2. English todayanthracomancy

From anthraco- + -mancy, from Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “coal”) and μαντεία (manteía, “prophecy”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἄνθραξ all →

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