" prognostication "

[Noun]  | "prog*nos*ti*ca*tion" | \ (ˌ)präg-ˌnä-stə-ˈkā-shən \

1: an indication in advance : foretoken

2: an act, the fact, or the power of prognosticating : forecast

3: foreboding

Origin: 15th century ;

 Middle English pronosticacioun, prognosticacyon "action of foretelling events, prediction, sign portending an event," borrowed from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French pronosticacion, borrowed from Medieval Latin pronōsticātiōn-, pronōsticātiō (also with -g-) "forecast, prognosis," from prognōsticāre, pronōsticāre "to predict, forecast, portend" + Latin -tiōn-, tiō, suffix of verbal action {mat|prognosticate|};

[Noun]  | "prognostication"