Etymology

chirosophy

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Today it means: palmistry, chiromancy. Full definition →

English chiro- ← New Latin chiro- ← Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰésōr
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kʰéhər
  4. Ancient Greekχείρ (kheír)
  5. New Latinchiro-
  6. Englishchiro-
  7. English todaychirosophy

From chiro- + -sophy.

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