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- Ancient Greek · derived fromκεραυνοσκοπεῖον
- English todayceraunoscope
From Ancient Greek κεραυνοσκοπεῖον (keraunoskopeîon), from κεραυνοσκοπία (keraunoskopía, “divination from thunder and lightning”) from κεραυνός (keraunós, “thunderbolt”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “look at, consider”). By surface analysis, cerauno- + -scope.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.