A "prophet" does not mean "one who predicts" — it means "one who speaks forth." Prophets were originally interpreters, not fortune tellers.
A prediction of future events, especially one made under divine inspiration. Also the faculty or practice of prophesying.
From Old French profecie, from Late Latin prophetia, from Greek prophēteia ('gift of interpreting the will of the gods'), from prophētēs ('prophet'), from pro- ('before, forth') + phanai ('to speak'). Key roots: *bheh₂- (Proto-Indo-European: "to speak, say"), *pro- (Proto-Indo-European: "before, forward, forth"), prophētēs (Greek: "one who speaks forth").
A prophet is literally "one who speaks forth," not "one who foretells" — the Greek prophētēs meant a spokesperson or interpreter, especially of a god's will. At the Oracle of Delphi, the Pythia (priestess) uttered cryptic sounds, and the prophetai were the male priests who interpreted her ravings into comprehensible verse. The meaning shifted from "interpreter" to "predictor" because divine messages