Etymology

moirologist

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Ancient Greek μοῖρα
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμοῖρα“fate”
  2. English todaymoirologist

From Ancient Greek μοῖρα (moîra, “fate”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, oration”).

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