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It appears to be Semitic but the truth is, no one knows where it originates from. There is an internet "folk etymology" going around that says it comes from Hebrew or Aramaic, but this is untrue.
Reading the consonants only, it appears to mean "I will create like the word" or "I will create as I speak", though the vowels aren't an exact match for any known Semitic language.
In Hebrew, this phrase would be rendered Evra ke'adaber (אברא כאדבר) or Evra kadavar (אברא כדבר).
There are also folk etymologies that point to similar words in Latin and Greek such as abraxas.
It appears to be Semitic but the truth is, no one knows where it originates from. There is an internet "folk etymology" going around that says it comes from Hebrew or Aramaic, but this is untrue.
Reading the consonants only, it appears to mean "I will create like the word" or "I will create as I speak", though the vowels aren't an exact match for any known Semitic language, and the grammar is wrong.
In Hebrew, this phrase would be rendered Evra ke'adaber (אברא כאדבר) or Evra kadavar (אברא כדבר).
There are also folk etymologies that point to similar words in Latin and Greek such as abraxas.
The short answer is that no one knows.
At first glance, it appears to be Semitic but the truth is, no one knows where it originates from. There is an internet "folk etymology" going around that says it comes from Hebrew or Aramaic, but this is untrue.
Assuming it's Semitic, and reading the consonants only, it appears to mean "I will create like the word" or "I will create as I speak", though the vowels aren't an exact match for any known Semitic language, and the grammar is wrong.
In Hebrew, this phrase would be rendered Evra ke'adaber (אברא כאדבר) or Evra kadavar (אברא כדבר).
There are also folk etymologies that point to similar words in Latin and Greek such as abraxas.
See the community answers below for many creative folk etymologies.
alakazam abracadabra
The origin of the word data is Latin ....
The origin is from Babylonia
THIS WORD IS GREEK. ΠΑΡΑΛΛΗΛΟΓΡΑΜΜΟ.
From latin: Simplus