Where does “magiër” come from?

magiër (Dutch) comes from Dutch magie, from French magie, from Middle French magie, from Latin magīa, from Ancient Greek μαγεία, from Ancient Greek Μάγος, from Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐏁, from Proto-Iranian magúš — to be able.

magiër (Dutch): mage, sorcerer

Definitions

  1. mage, sorcerer

Ancestry of “magiër”, step by step

magiër traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch magie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmagiemagic, sorcery occult woo, black or white magic, etc.; hence supernatural occurrences or phenonomena
2Frenchmagiemagic; A magical, surprising, fascinating feat;...
3Middle Frenchmagie
4Latinmagīamagic, sorcery
5Ancient Greekμαγείαtheology of the Magians
6Ancient GreekΜάγοςmagician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster,...
7Old Persian𐎶𐎦𐏁priest
8Proto-Iranianmagúš
9Proto-Indo-Iranianmagʰúš
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmegʰ-ú-s
11Proto-Indo-Europeanmegʰ-to be able

via Dutch er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutcherthere; him, her, it, them; of them, of those
2Old Dutchiro

Words derived from “magiër

Every word from Proto-Indo-European megʰ-