Etymology

capnomancy

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Today it means: Divination by interpreting smoke rising from a fire. A form of pyromancy. Full definition →

Ancient Greek καπνός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκαπνός“smoke”
  2. English todaycapnomancy

Ancient Greek καπνός (kapnós, “smoke”); capno- + -mancy

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκαπνός all →

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