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Note also that "genius" and "genie" are etymologically related, both descending from Latin "genius". [1] [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/genius#Latin https:
by colanderman 9y ago
Note also that "genius" and "genie" are etymologically related, both descending from Latin "genius". [1]
[1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/genius#Latin https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/genius#Latin
- beefman 9y agoI think genie is an anglicization of djinn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinn
- colanderman 9y agoDjinn comes directly from Arabic, genie from Latin via French and Arabic influence. [1] [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/genie#Etymology https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/genie#Etymology