[Ennewi]

Originally Posted by Videri [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I hasten to add that "romance" is not a root of "necromancer." "-mancer" is a practitioner of a type of magic.
"Necro" comes from "nekros" (ancient Greek for "dead"); "mancy" comes from "manteia" (divination)

Knew I should have used a better word than "implies" but no such word comes to mind even now. Perhaps one exists in French or Japanese. A curious occurrence or happy coincidence? Serendipity--that's it. But yeah, even necro-philia is merely a "fondness" for what is dead.