hex

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a magic spell or curse, or to cast such a spell on someone

   The villagers believed the old woman had put a hex on their crops.

Simplified etymology

Hex entered English in the early 19th century from German Hexe, “witch.” The German word is related to Dutch heks and to the Old English forms hægtesse and hegtes, from which hag may derive.

From Pennsylvania German hex ('to cast a spell'), from German Hexe ('witch'), from Old High German hagazussa, of uncertain ultimate origin.

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