[1520–30; chiro- + -mancy]This word is first recorded in the period 1520–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bias, lapse, monkey, normal, stagger-mancy is a combining form meaning “divination,” of the kind specified by the initial element.Other words that use the affix -mancy include: alphitomancy, arithmancy, bibliomancy, cleromancy, psychomancy