köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian جادو (jādū), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yaHtúš. Doublet of यातु (yātu). Compare Assamese যাদু (zadu), Bengali জাদু (jadu), Marathi जादू (jādū).
köken: Borrowed from Latin amulētum (“amulet”), later also an internationalism chiefly via German Amulett (“amulet”) and French amulette (“amulet”) (see also English amulet).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-der. Proto-Italic *kanō Latin canō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin cantō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Latin cantāmen From cantō (“sing”) + -men.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-Iranian *yaHtúš Old Persian 𐎹𐎠𐎬𐎢 (y-a-tu-u /yātu/) Middle Persian 𐭩𐭠𐭲𐭥𐭪𐭠 (yʾtʿkʾ /ǰādūg/) Classical Persian جَادُو (jādū)bor. Urdu جادو Borrowed from Classical Persian جَادُو (jādū), from Middle Persian 𐭩𐭠𐭲𐭥𐭪𐭠 (yʾtʿkʾ /ǰādūg/, “wizardry; wizard”), from Old Persian 𐎹𐎠𐎬𐎢 (y-a-tu-u /yātu/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yaHtúš.