mago

/ˈmaɡo/ · B1 · adj

magician

🪄🎩 mago shares a root with magic, and with the Magi, the Three Wise Men

Etymology: from Latin magus, from Old Persian magu-, a priest. The same root gives English magic and magician. In Spanish, los Reyes Magos are the Three Wise Men who bring gifts on 6 January.

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