The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromχειρομαντεία
- Latin · derived fromchīromantīa
- Middle French · derived fromchiromantie
- Middle English · inherited fromciromancie
- English todaychiromancy
Inherited from Middle English ciromancie, from Middle French chiromantie, chiromancie, from Latin chīromantīa, from Ancient Greek χειρομαντεία (kheiromanteía), from χειρο- (kheiro-, “hand-”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination, fortune-telling”). Equivalent to chiro- + -mancy.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.