Etymology

mage

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Today it means: A magician, wizard, sorcerer, witch, warlock or mystic. Full definition →

Middle English mages ← Latin magus ← Ancient Greek Μάγος
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The story

  1. Old Persian · derived from𐎶𐎦𐎢𐏁
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromΜάγος
  3. Latin · derived frommagus
  4. Middle English · inherited frommages
  5. English todaymage

From Middle English mages (plurale tantum), from Latin magus, from Ancient Greek Μάγος (Mágos), from the hapax Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐎢𐏁 (m-gu-u-š /⁠maguš⁠/). Doublet of magus.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishmages all →

magi

Latinmagus all →

magus

Ancient GreekΜάγος all →

magimagus

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.