Where does “דוגמה” come from?
דוגמה (Hebrew) comes from Aramaic דּוּגְמָא, from Ancient Greek δεῖγμα, from Ancient Greek μά, from Old Italian ma, from Latin magis, from Dutch magisch, from Dutch magie, from French magie.
דוגמה (Hebrew): an example, a sample, a specimen; a pattern;...
Definitions
- an example, a sample, a specimen; a pattern;...
Ancestry of “דוגמה”, step by step
דוגמה traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Aramaic דּוּגְמָא
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aramaic | דּוּגְמָא | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | δεῖγμα | specimen, sample; pattern |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μά | by |
| 4 | Old Italian | ma | — |
| 5 | Latin | magis | more; more greatly; better |
| 6 | Dutch | magisch | magical, controlled or determined by supernatural... |
| 7 | Dutch | magie | magic, sorcery occult woo, black or white magic, etc.; hence supernatural occurrences or phenonomena |
| 8 | French | magie | magic; A magical, surprising, fascinating feat;... |
| 9 | Middle French | magie | — |
| 10 | Latin | magīa | magic, sorcery |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | μαγεία | theology of the Magians |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | Μάγος | magician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster,... |
| 13 | Old Persian | 𐎶𐎦𐏁 | priest |
| 14 | Proto-Iranian | magúš | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | magʰúš | — |