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      fortunetelling
      noun
      the practice of predicting people's futures (usually for payment)
      Roots
      fortunafortune- · Latin · luck, chance, fatetellantell- · Old English · to relate, recounting-ing · Old English · action of
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      Where does fortunetelling come from?

      The word fortunetelling breaks down into 3 roots of Latin and Old English origin: fortune, from Latin fortuna (“luck, chance, fate”); tell, from Old English tellan (“to relate, recount”); and -ing, from Old English ing (“action of”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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