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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.
  1. might1, from Old English miht, power, from Germanic suffixed form *mah-ti‑, power.
  2. main, from Old English mægen, power, from Germanic suffixed form *mag-inam, power.
  3. Suffixed lengthened-grade form *māgh-anā‑, "that which enables." machine, mechanic, mechanism, mechano-; deus ex machina, from Greek (Attic) mēkhanē, (Doric) mākhanā, device.
  4. 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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