English
fascinous
Fascinous comes from Latin fascinum ‘witchcraft’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfascinum‘witchcraft’
- Englishearliest quotation 1672fascinous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfascinum‘witchcraft’
- Englishearliest quotation 1672fascinous
Earliest quotation: 1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus: “fascinous diseases”.
Every English word from Latin fascinum
Today it means
adj Caused or acting by witchcraft.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fascinum / fascinous