'augurer' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'augur', where 'augur' meant 'diviner' or 'soothsayer'.

'augurer' changed from Latin 'augur' and Old French 'augure', through Middle English forms such as 'augur'/'augure', and eventually became the modern English word 'augurer'.

Initially, it meant 'one who interprets omens', and over time it has largely retained this sense as 'a person who predicts or foretells events from signs or omens'.