Palmist
/ˈpɑː.mɪst/noun
A person who claims to tell fortunes by interpreting the lines and features of the hand.
Did you know?The modern word *palmist* is tied to *palmistry*, a fortune-telling practice that treats the hand as a symbolic map of destiny rather than a medical or scientific system.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pl̥h₂-mn̥
“palm of the hand”
Latin
Latin
palma
“the palm of the hand; also a palm branch”
Old French
Old French
pome / paume
“palm of the hand”
Middle English
English
palm
“the inside surface of the hand”
19th Century
English
palmist
“one who practices palm reading or fortune-telling by the hand”
Modern English
English
palmist
“a person who claims to tell fortunes from the lines of the hand”