Etymology

mantic

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Today it means: Relating to divination; prophetic. Full definition →

Ancient Greek μαντικός
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromμαντικός
  2. English todaymantic

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μαντικός (mantikós), from μάντις (mántis, “seer, soothsayer”), from μαίνομαι (maínomai, “I am mad, raving”).

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