The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμᾰντείᾱ“divination”
- Latin · derived from-mantia
- English todayumbramancy
From Latin umbra (“shadow”) + -mancy (“divination of”), from Latin -mantia, ultimately from Ancient Greek μᾰντείᾱ (mănteíā, “divination”).
Words from the same roots
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.