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,”
ETYMOLOGY, THE ROOT MEANING OF WORDS “gentile” - "one who is not a Israelite," c. 1400; (late 14c.), gentilis "of the same family. belonging to the same nation. fellow countrymen, kinsmen," but also "foreigners”