The story
- Latin · derived fromincantātor“enchanter; spellcaster; conjurer”
- Old French · derived fromenchanteor
- Middle English · inherited fromenchantour
- English todayenchanter
From Middle English enchantour, from Old French enchanteor (Modern French enchanteur), from Latin incantātor (“enchanter; spellcaster; conjurer”), from incantāre (“to sing, to consecrate with spells”). Doublet of incantator. Equivalent to enchant + -er.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.