magic: [14] Greek mágos, a word of Persian origin, meant ‘sorcerer’ (Latin borrowed it as magus, whose plural magi is used in English for the three ‘Wise Men’ who visited the infant Christ). From mágos was derived the adjective magikós. Its use in the phrase magiké tékhnē ‘sorcerer’s art’ led eventually to magiké itself being regarded as a noun, and it passed into English via late Latin magica and Old French magique. => magi
magic (n.)
late 14c., "art of influencing events and producing marvels using hidden natural forces," from Old French magique "magic, magical," from Late Latin magice "sorcery, magic," from Greek magike (presumably with tekhne "art"), fem. of magikos "magical," from magos "one of the members of the learned and priestly class," from Old Persian magush, possibly from PIE *magh- (1) "to be able, to have power" (see machine). Transferred sense of "legerdemain, optical illusion, etc." is from 1811. Displaced Old English wiccecr?ft (see witch); also drycr?ft, from dry "magician," from Irish drui "priest, magician" (see druid).
magic (adj.)
late 14c., from Old French magique, from Latin magicus "magic, magical," from Greek magikos, from magike (see magic (n.)). Magic carpet first attested 1816. Magic Marker (1951) is a registered trademark (U.S.) by Speedry Products, Inc., Richmond Hill, N.Y. Magic lantern "optical instrument whereby a magnified image is thrown upon a wall or screen" is 1690s, from Modern Latin laterna magica.
magic (v.)
1906, from magic (n.).
例文
1. It infected them with some of the magic of a lost age.
過ぎ去った歳月は彼らに少し魅力を与えた。
2.There is no magic フォーミュラfor producing winning products.
受賞映画の制作に近道はない。
3.The picture will now appear，as if by magic ！
この絵はすぐに現れて、マジックのようになります！
4.Our spirits rallied as the bitter-sweet alcohol worked its magic .
苦い中に甘い酒が効果を発揮し、私たちの精神は奮い立った。
5.The fighter believes he can still regain some of his old magic .