prophecy

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπροφητεία“prophecy”
2. Latin · derived fromprophētīa
3. Old French · derived fromprophetie
4. Middle English · inherited fromprophecie
5. English todayprophecy

From Middle English prophecie, from Old French prophetie, from Latin prophētīa, from Ancient Greek προφητεία (prophēteía, “prophecy”), from προφήτης (prophḗtēs, “speaker of a god”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + φημί (phēmí, “to tell”). Displaced native Old English wītgung. Doublet of prophesy.

Words from the same roots