-mancy
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Divination:
占卜：
bibliomancy.
书册占卜
语源
- Middle English
中古英语 - from Old French -mancie
源自 古法语 -mancie - from Late Latin -mantīa
源自 后期拉丁语 -mantīa - from Greek manteia, -manteia
源自 希腊语 manteia, -manteia - from manteuesthai [to prophesy]
源自 manteuesthai [占卜] - from mantis [prophet] * see men- 1
源自 mantis [预言] *参见 men- 1
-mancy
combining form in countable noun
indicating divination of a particular kind
⇒
chiromancy
Origin
from Old French -mancie, from Latin -mantia, from Greek manteia soothsaying-mancy
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “divination,” of the kind specified by the initial element:
necromancy.
Origin
Middle English -manci(e), -mancy(e) < Old French -mancie < Latin -mantīa < Greek manteía divination. See mantic, -cy
Related Words
- aeromancy
- alectryomancy
- aleuromancy
- alphitomancy
- arithmancy
- astromancy
-mancya word element meaning 'divination', as in necromancy.
[Middle English -manci(e), -mancy(e), from Old French mancie, from Late Latin mantīa, from Greek manteia divination]-mancy
noun combining form
oneiromancy
noun combining form
ETYMOLOGY Middle French -mancie, from Latin -mantia, from Greek -manteia, from manteia, from mantis diviner, prophet — more at mantis
: divinationoneiromancy
-mancy
combining form
- divination by a specified means表示“占卜”, “预言”：
-
geomancy.
派生词
-mantic combining form
in corresponding adjectives
［构成相应的形容词］。
词源
from Old French -mancie, via late Latin -mantia from Greek manteia 'divination'.
c1420 Lydg. Assembly of Gods 869Adryomancy, Œnomancy, with Pyromancy, Fysenancy also, and Pawmestry.
1709 J. Stevens tr. Quevedo'sCom. Wks. (ed. 2) 374There are lines in the Neck, the Forehead, the Lips, the Hams, the Elbows, and the bottom of the Buttocks..and therefore..as there is Chiromancy, there ought to be Frontimancy, Collimancy, Pedimancy, Natimancy.
-mancy
word-forming element meaning "divination by means of," from Old French -mancie, from Late Latin -mantia, from Greek manteia "oracle, divination," from mantis "seer, prophet, soothsayer," related to mania "madness, frenzy" (see mania).
ORIGIN: Repr. Old French -mancie , Late Latin -mantia , Greek manteia divination, from manteuesthai prophesy, from mantis prophet, diviner: see -cy
-man·cy
\ˌman(t)sē, ˌmaan-, -si\ noun combining form
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English -mancie, -mauncie, from Old French -mancie, from Latin -mantia, from Greek manteia, from manteuesthai to divine, prophesy + -ia -y; akin to Greek mainesthai to rage, rave — more at mind
: divination in a (specified) manner or by means of (something specified)
< chiromancy >
< chiromancy >
-mancy
Suffix
- Specified forms of divination.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μαντεία (manteía, “divination”).
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -mancy
suffixes derived from -mancy
terms derived from -mancy