Etymology

metoposcopy

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Today it means: The practice of judging someone's character, or telling their fortune, from studying their face or forehead. Full definition →

Middle French metoposcopie ← Late Latin metoposcopia ← Ancient Greek μέτωπον
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμέτωπον“forehead”
  2. Late Latin · derived frommetoposcopia
  3. Middle French · derived frommetoposcopie
  4. English todaymetoposcopy

From Middle French metoposcopie, and its source, Late Latin metoposcopia, ultimately from Ancient Greek μέτωπον (métōpon, “forehead”) + -scopy.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekμέτωπον all →

metopionmetopomancy

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