magik
Middle English
/ˈmadʒiːk(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- Information about the forces of nature and the practice of manipulating these for occult ends; magic, sorcery.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French magique derived from Latin magicus (magical) derived from Ancient Greek μαγικός (magical) affix from Middle English mages.
Origin
Middle English
mages
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antimagic English
- bemagicked English
- bimagic English
- counter-magic English
- mage English
- magic English
- magical English
- magically English
- magicdom English
- magicful English
- magician English
- magicity English
- magicker English
- magicky English
- magicless English
- magiclike English
- magicology English
- multimagic English
- nonmagic English
- panmagic English
- submagic English
- technomagic English
- tetramagic English
- trimagic English
- unmagic English
- magicus Latin
- magus Latin
- magī Latin
- mītificus Latin
- mágikus Hungarian
- magico Italian
- mágico Spanish, Castilian
- μαγικός Ancient Greek
- *meh₂gh- Proto-Indo-European
- *meh₂gʰ-, *megʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- magisk Norwegian Bokmål
- mágico Portuguese
- マジック Japanese
- magisk Norwegian Nynorsk
- mages Middle English
- magicien Middle English
- magyk Middle English
- magický Czech
- magique Old French
- màgic Catalan, Valencian
- meiga Galician
- meigo Galician
- madyik Cebuano
- bài Ma-ghích Vietnamese
- magicien Middle French
- meigo Old Portuguese