Weissager

Signification (Anglais)

soothsayer, seer, prophet (male or of unspecified gender)

Concepts

voyant

voyante

devin

prophète

Synonymes

Wahrsager

Seher

Hellseher

Prophet

Augur

Weissagerin

Hellseherin

Wahrsagerin

Seherin

Visionär

Orakelbefrager

Vorhersager

Prophetin

Prophezeier

Visionärin

Traductions

indovino

seer

prophet

vidente

adivinho

adivino

veggente

chiaroveggente

μάντις

diviner

fatidica

clairvoyant

augure

soothsayer

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈvaɪ̯sˌzaːɡɐ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de ancien haut allemand: wīzzago

Appartenant à allemand: Wissen

Appartenant à anglais: wit

In summary

In its modern form a compound of weise + Sager (“wise-sayer”). However, this is a secondary motivation of Old High German wīzzago, which is remotely related only to the former of the two components mentioned, pertaining more closely to German Wissen (“knowledge”) and thus English wit. Already in Old High German this ancient noun began to be re-interpreted as wīssago, i.e. in the modern sense.