ETYMOLOGY, THE ROOT MEANING OF WORDS “thug” - 1810, "member of a gang of murderers & robbers who strangled their victims," from thak "cheat, swindler," "cunning, fraudulent," 🕎Jeremiah 5;25-28 KJV
ETYMOLOGY, THE ROOT MEANING OF WORDS “magic” - late 14c., magike, "art of influencing or predicting events & producing marvels using hidden natural forces," also "enchantment," from Latin magice "sorcery, magic,”