Etymology

armomancy

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Today it means: Divination using the shoulder blade of an animal. It was taken from a dead animal and thrown into a fire, and the cracks formed in the bone were then interpreted. Full definition →

Latin armus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromarmus“shoulder blade”
  2. English todayarmomancy

From Latin armus (“shoulder blade”) + -mancy.

Words from the same roots

Latinarmus all →

armillary

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