The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμάγος“magician”
- Latin · derived frommagus
- English todaymagus
From Latin magus, from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos, “magician”), from Μάγος (Mágos, “Magian”), of an indeterminate Old Iranian origin (see Μάγος for details). Doublet of mage.
Words from the same roots
Latinmagus all →
mage
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.