The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromψῆφος“pebble used for casting a vote”
- New Latin · borrowed frompsēphomantia
- English todaypsephomancy
From New Latin psēphomantia, from Ancient Greek ψῆφος (psêphos, “pebble used for casting a vote”), + -mancy.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekψῆφος all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.