The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromβέλος“an arrow, dart”
- English todaybelomancy
From Ancient Greek βέλος (bélos, “an arrow, dart”) + -mancy.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekβέλος all →
beloid
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
belomancy
Today it means: Studying the flight of arrows, an ancient form of divination used by the Greeks and Arabs. Full definition →
Ancient Greek βέλος