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Where does “abracadabra” come from?

abracadabra (English) comes from Late Latin abracadabra.

abracadabra (English): A use of the mystical term ‘abracadabra’,...

Definitions

  1. A use of the mystical term ‘abracadabra’,...

Ancestry of “abracadabra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinabracadabra—
Every word from Late Latin abracadabra →