köken: From Middle High German goukelære, gougelære, gouchelære, koukelære, from Old High German gougalāri, goukalāri. Related to Middle Low German gȫkelere, Old English ġēogolere, Old Norse kuklari.
köken: From Persian حقه باز (“player at cups-and-balls; juggler; pick-pocket; plotter, impostor”), from Arabic حُقَّة (ḥuqqa, “cup of a juggler”). By surface analysis, hoqqa + -baz.
köken: From Middle Dutch gokelare, from Old Dutch *gokalari, from Proto-West Germanic *kaukulārī, from Latin caucleārius. Equivalent to goochelen + -aar.
köken: From ταχυ- (tachy-, “fast”) + δάκτυλο (dáktylo, “finger”) + -ουργός (-ourgós, “worker”), calque of French prestidigitateur. First attested 1874.
köken: Learned borrowing from Middle Armenian աճպարար (ačparar), from Arabic عَجَب (ʕajab) + Old Armenian առնեմ (aṙnem). The Eastern Armenian form is a spelling pronunciation.
köken: Etymology tree Esperanto magio Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Esperanto -isto Esperanto magiisto From magio + -isto.