diviner
English
/dɪˈvaɪnə(ɹ)/
noun
Definitions
- One who foretells the future.
- One who divines or conjectures.
- One who searches for underground objects or water using a divining rod.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English divinour derived from Latin dīvīnātor (diviner, fortune-teller, soothsayer) suffix from English divine.
Origin
English
divine
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- demidivine English
- divinable English
- divine English
- divinelike English
- divinely English
- divinement English
- divineness English
- divineress English
- divineth English
- divinise English
- divinish English
- divinization English
- divinize English
- nondivine English
- semidivine English
- subdivine English
- undivine English
- dīvīnātor Latin
- *dyew- Proto-Indo-European
- divinour Middle English