Etymology

divination

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Today it means: The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events. Full definition →

Old French divination ← Latin divinatio
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  1. Latin · derived fromdivinatio
  2. Old French · derived fromdivination
  3. English todaydivination

From Old French divination, from Latin divinatio.

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