English
thoughtcaster
From thought + caster or thoughtcast + -er.
A compound of thought + caster
Proto-Indo-European *teng- ‘to think’
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Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz ‘thought’
Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht
Old English þōht
Middle English thought ‘product of mental activity’
English thought
Proto-Germanic *kas- ‘to throw’
Proto-Germanic *kastōną ‘to throw’
Old Norse kasta ‘to cast, to throw’
Middle English casten ‘cast’
English cast ‘to turn’
English caster
Today it means
noun One who communicates telepathically.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “thoughtcaster”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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