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- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Englishphoto-
- Proto-Indo-European*men-
- Proto-Indo-European*méntis
- Proto-Hellenic*mə́tis
- Ancient Greekμάντις (mántis)
- Ancient Greekμᾰντεύομαι (mănteúomai)
- Ancient Greekμᾰντείᾱ (mănteíā)
- English todayphotomancy
From photo- (“light”) + -mancy (“divination of”), from Latin -mantia, ultimately from Ancient Greek μᾰντείᾱ (mănteíā, “divination”).
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.