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Showing posts with label Evolving Etymology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Evolving Etymology. Show all posts

Sunday, May 31, 2009

EE(03)

CHIROMANCY
Chiromancy is one of the word that I got introduced through the"WORD POWER MADE EASY".

Chiromancy the art of foretelling the future by seeing the palm of the hand.
Chiromancy is synonymous with Palmistry.

Chiro means hand.
mancy means foretelling the future.

So while examining some of the other foretelling practices I found two interesting words.

Other derivatives:
:) Sciomancy :) Myomancy

Extract from etymonline.com
Sciomancy - The art of foretelling by communication with the shades of the dead.
(Gk.Skio-Shadow)

Myomancy- Foretelling or divination through mouse.
(Gk.My0-mouse)

Saturday, May 23, 2009

EE(02)

MANUMIT
Manumit means 'free from slavery'.
Manumit has been derived from the Latin noun manus-hand and Latin verb mittere-to let go.
So it means 'to let go from the hand' which ultimately is 'free from slavery'.

Other derivatives:

:) Manuscript :) Manage :)Manual

Extract from M-w:
Manuscript - written by hand
Manage - to handle or direct with a degree of skill
Manual -
worked or done by hand and not by machine

EE(01)

PLENARY
Plen
ary- This was a word that I got as a newsletter from Merriam's Webster.
Plenary means Complete.
We have borrowed this Plenary from the Anglo-French(Plener-means complete).
The Anglo-French in turn has borrowed this word from the Latin(Plenus- means complete).
Finally a conclusion was derived that the word Plenty may be of the same root too.

Other derivatives:
:) Replenish :) Implement :)Plenty

Extract from M-w:
Replenish - to fill or complete with inspiration or power
Implement - a device used in the completion of a task
Plenty -
a full or more than adequate amount or supply