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Horoscope

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means an astrological forecast of a person's future based on star positions
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Stage 1 of 2
horoskopos
Greek · ancient
"an observer of the hour of birth"
literally observer of the hour, from hora (hour) and skopos (observer)
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Stage 2 of 2
horoscope
English · 1500s
"an astrological forecast"
settled as the word for a forecast based on star positions at birth
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