mago | OEDoS

mago (Noun) "magician;" "wizard" 13th cent. From Latin magus 'id.' Borrowed from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos) "mage." Borrowed from the name of the Magos, the priestly caste of Medes. The meaning and origin of the name is unknown. Indo-European Romance Portuguese mago, Italian mago Beekes, R. S. P. Etymological Dictionary of Greek. BRILL. 2014. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.