Prophecy

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Middle English: from Old French profecie, via late Latin from Greek prophēteia, from prophētēs (see prophet).


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From Middle English prophecie, from Old French prophetie, from Latin prophētīa, from Ancient Greek προφητεία(prophēteía, “prophecy”), from προφήτης(prophḗtēs, “speaker of a god”), from πρό(pró, “before”) + φημί(phēmí, “I tell”).


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prophecy (n.)

c. 1200, prophecie, prophesie, "the function of a prophet; inspired utterance; the prediction of future events," from Old French profecie (12c. Modern French prophétie) and directly from Late Latin prophetia, in Medieval Latin also prophecia (source also of Spanish profecia, Italian profezia), from Greek prophēteia "gift of interpreting the will of the gods," from prophētēs (see prophet). Meaning "thing spoken or written by a prophet" is from late 13c.