Where does “δείγμα” come from?
δείγμα (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek δεῖγμα, from Ancient Greek μά, from Old Italian ma, from Latin magis, from Dutch magisch, from Dutch magie, from French magie, from Middle French magie.
δείγμα (Greek): sample, specimen, token
Ancestry of “δείγμα”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | δεῖγμα | specimen, sample; pattern |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | μά | by |
| 3 | Old Italian | ma | — |
| 4 | Latin | magis | more; more greatly; better |
| 5 | Dutch | magisch | magical, controlled or determined by supernatural... |
| 6 | Dutch | magie | magic, sorcery ; hence supernatural occurrences... |
| 7 | French | magie | magic; A magical, surprising, fascinating feat;... |
| 8 | Middle French | magie | — |
| 9 | Latin | magīa | — |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | μαγεία | — |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | Μάγος | magician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster,... |
| 12 | Old Persian | 𐎶𐎦𐏁 | priest |
| 13 | Proto-Iranian | magúš | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | magʰúš | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | megʰ-ú-s | — |