Etymology

maculomancy

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Ancient Greek μᾰντείᾱ (mănteíā) ← Latin macula ← Proto-Italic *smaklom
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*smeH-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sm̥Htlóm
  3. Proto-Italic*smaklom
  4. Latinmacula
  5. Ancient Greekμᾰντείᾱ (mănteíā)
  6. English todaymaculomancy

From Latin macula (“spot”) + English -o- + -mancy.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.