Etymology

onomancy

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Today it means: divination by the letters of a name; nomancy Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὄνομα
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὄνομα“name”
  2. English todayonomancy

From Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”) + -mancy. Compare nomancy.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὄνομα all →

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