Where does “wizard” come from?
Wizard comes from Middle English wysarde, of uncertain origin and meaning.
wizard (English): Someone, usually male, who uses magic, mystic...
Definitions
- Someone, usually male, who uses magic, mystic...
Ancestry of “wizard”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | -ard | Someone who is in a specified condition |
| 2 | Middle English | -ard | — |
| 3 | Old French | -ard | pejorative agent noun |
| 4 | Frankish | -hard | hardy, bold |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | harduz | hard; brave |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 7 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | — |
Words derived from “wizard”