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soothsaying

noun

Etymology

From sooth (“truth”) + saying.

  1. derived from *sokʷ-h₁-yé-✻
  2. inherited from *sagjaną✻ — “to say”
  3. inherited from *saggjan✻
  4. inherited from secgan — “to say, speak”
  5. inherited from seyen
  6. suffixed as saying — “say + ing”
  7. formed as soothsaying — “sooth + saying”

Definitions

  1. A method of foretelling the future.

  2. present participle and gerund of soothsay

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