augur
AW-gur · verb
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Origin
Augur comes from the Latin augur, a word of uncertain origin, related to the Latin verb augurō, meaning "to interpret omens."
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Related words
It's closely tied to the Latin augurō, "to interpret omens," which shares its root — but no further English cognates are confirmed here.
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