wizard

• n. 魔女; 魔術師; 魔法使い
• adj.魔女の; 魔術の

wiz-, 賢明な、聡明な, 語源的にはwise, wit, -ard, manと同じ。原義は哲学者、聖人、後に未来を知る者、魔法使い、魔術師を指す。

wizard

wizard: [15] A wizard is etymologically a ‘wise’ man – indeed originally the word was used for ‘philosopher’ or ‘sage’, without any suggestion of magical practices. It was derived from wise. The distinction between philosophy and magic was sufficiently blurred in the Middle Ages for the sense ‘magician’ to emerge in the 16th century, and that is the one which has prevailed.
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wizard (n.)

early 15c., "philosopher, sage," from Middle English wys "wise" (see wise (adj.)) + -ard. Compare Lithuanian zynyste "magic," zynys "sorcerer," zyne "witch," all from zinoti "to know." The ground sense is perhaps "to know the future." The meaning "one with magical power, one proficient in the occult sciences" did not emerge distinctly until c. 1550, the distinction between philosophy and magic being blurred in the Middle Ages. As a slang word meaning "excellent" it is recorded from 1922.

1. Accountant John Talbot is a wizard with numbers.

会計士ジョン?タルボットは数字に精通している。

2.He was a wizard with camels.

ラクダを飼っている専門家です。

3. Wizard Wong had glanced at the tape several times.

翁「魔術師」はテープを何度も見た。

4.Edison was a wizard at invention.

エジソンは発明の奇才である。

5.That isn 't a wizard wand.

それは杖ではありません。