英语词汇“Indo-European root: magh-”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

Indo-European root: magh-

释义

‌‌magh-
To be able, have power.
Derivatives include dismay, might¹, machine, and magic.

1. may¹, from Old English magan, to be able;
2. dismay, from Old French esmaier, to frighten. Both a and b from Germanic *magan, to be able.
might¹, from Old English miht, power, from Germanic suffixed form *mah-ti‑, power.
main, from Old English mægen, power, from Germanic suffixed form *mag-inam, power.
Suffixed lengthened-grade form *māgh-anā‑, "that which enables." machine, mechanic, mechanism, mechano-; deus ex machina, from Greek (Attic) mēkhanē, (Doric) mākhanā, device.
Possibly suffixed form *magh-u‑. magic, magus, from Old Persian maguš, member of a priestly caste (< "mighty one").

[Pokorny magh‑ 695.]

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