Where does “battlemage” come from?
battlemage (English) comes from English mage, from Middle English mages, from Latin magus, from Ancient Greek Μάγος, from Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐏁, from Proto-Iranian magúš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian magʰúš, from Proto-Indo-European megʰ-ú-s — to be able.
battlemage (English): A wizard specializing in close magical combat;...
Definitions
- A wizard specializing in close magical combat;...
Ancestry of “battlemage”, step by step
battlemage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mage | A magician, wizard or sorcerer |
| 2 | Middle English | mages | Wizards, occult scholars; those with great... |
| 3 | Latin | magus | magic, magical; magician, and derogatorily... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Μάγος | magician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster,... |
| 5 | Old Persian | 𐎶𐎦𐏁 | priest |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | magúš | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | magʰúš | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | megʰ-ú-s | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | megʰ- | to be able |
via English Battle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Battle | from places in England that have been sites of a battle |
| 2 | Middle English | batel | Alternative form of batayle; flourishing |
| 3 | Old English | batol | improving, tending to be good |
| 4 | Old English | batian | to fatten, to get fatter; to improve, to get... |
| 5 | Old English | -ol | Used to form suffixes denoting inclination or... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ulaz | Forms adjectives from verbs meaning "doing" or... |