harbinger; messenger; herald; sign of things to come
köken: Compound of 前(まえ) (mae, “before, ahead”) + 触(ふ)れ (fure, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 触(ふ)れる (fureru, “to contact, to report”)). The fure changes to bure as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
augur (priest, diviner, or soothsayer, one who foretold the future in part by interpreting the song and flight of birds)
çekim: çoğul augurēs · tamlayan auguris
köken: Of uncertain origin. Two possibilities are: * From Old Latin *augos (“reinforcement, increase”) (genitive *augeris), related to augeō (“to increase”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwgos; compare Sanskrit ओजस् (ojas, “strength, vigor”), Avestan 𐬀𐬊𐬘𐬀𐬵 (aojah), 𐬀𐬊𐬔𐬀𐬵 (aogah, “might, power”) as well as Latin augustus (< *h₂éwgos-tos). The noun *augos would have developed from "reinforcement" to "(one)…
messenger, delegate, representative · message · legate
çekim: çoğul cenhadon
köken: Cognate with Cornish kannas (“messenger, ambassador”) and Breton kannad (“messenger, representative”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- (“to announce”). Its original meaning may have been that of modern cenhadaeth (“embassy”), hence why it is feminine.