horoscope English · revision 836

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈhɒ.ɹə.skəʊp/ ''(UK)''; /ˈhɔ.ɹəˌskoʊp/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|horoscope]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) [[der|la|hōroscopus]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) [[der|grc|ὡροσκόπος|tr=hōroskópos|t=nativity; observer of the hour of birth]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) [[af|grc|ὥρα|σκοπός|tr1=hṓra|tr2=skopós|t1=hour, season|t2=watcher]].^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) The word had been used in late Old English and Middle English in the Latin form ''horoscopum'', but the modern form is a reborrowing.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In astrology, an observation of the sky and the configuration of the planets at a certain moment, especially a person's birth (c. 1050, in the Latin form).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The notion is of “observing the hour” of someone's birth.^(Etymonline) Old English glossed Latin ''horoscopus'' with ''tīdscēawere'', “time-shower”.^(Etymonline) The French-derived form appears in 1568.^(Barnhart 1995) From the chart itself the word came to mean the forecast drawn from it, as in a newspaper's horoscope.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) In the 17th century it was also applied to dials and tables showing the hours.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1050 – ''horoscopus'', an astrological observation.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 14th century – Middle English ''horoscopum''.^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1561 – ''horoscoper'', an astrologer.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1568 – ''horoscope''.^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1650s – ''horoscopy'', casting nativities.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The aspect of the planets and signs of the [[zodiac]] at a given moment, such as a person's birth, or a diagram of it, used by [[astrologer|alt=astrologers]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An [[astrological]] forecast of a person's future or character based on such a diagram.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[hour]]

+ * [[scope]]

+ * [[astrology]]

+ * [[zodiac]]

+ * [[telescope]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}