chironomy

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχειρονομία“gesturing, gesticulation”
2. Latin · derived fromchīronomia
3. French · derived fromchironomie
4. English todaychironomy

From French chironomie and directly from Latin chīronomia, from Ancient Greek χειρονομία (kheironomía, “gesturing, gesticulation”), from χειρονόμος (kheironómos, “mime, skilled gesturer”), from χειρο- (kheiro-, “hand-”) + νόμος (nómos, “controller, manager”), from νέμω (némō, “to control, to manage”).

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