Etymology

brontomancy

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Ancient Greek βροντή
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβροντή“thunder”
  2. English todaybrontomancy

From bronto- + -mancy, from Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ, “thunder”) and μαντεία (manteía, “prophecy”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekβροντή all →

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