 The English words "magic", "mage" and "magician" come from the Latin "magus", through the Greek μάγος, which is from the Old Persian "maguš" (𐎶𐎦𐎢𐏁, "magician").The Old Persian "magu-" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European "*magh" ("be able").The Persian term may have led to the Old Sinitic "*Mᵞag" ("mage" or "shaman").