Fascination

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late 16th century (in the sense ‘bewitch’): from Latin fascinat- ‘bewitched’, from the verb fascinare, from fascinum ‘spell, witchcraft’.


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From Latin fascinare ("to bewitch"), possibly from Ancient Greek βασκαίνιεν(baskaínien, “to speak ill of; to curse”) [1] Morphologically fascinate +‎ -ion


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fascination (n.)

c. 1600, "act of bewitching," from Latin fascinationem (nominative fascinatio), noun of action from past-participle stem of fascinare "bewitch, enchant" (see fascinate). Meaning "state of being fascinated" is from 1650s; that of "fascinating quality, attractive influence upon the attention" is from 1690s.