Etymology

cledonism

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Ancient Greek κληδών
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκληδών“an omen”
  2. English todaycledonism

From Ancient Greek κληδών (klēdṓn, “an omen”) + -ism.

Words from the same roots

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