Incantation
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late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin incantatio(n- ), from incantare ‘chant, bewitch’ (see incant).
wiktionary
From Middle English incantacioun, from Old French incantation, from Latin incantatio. More at enchant.
etymonline
incantation (n.)
"art or act of enchanting by uttering magical words, with ceremonies supposed to have magical power; the formula of words or the ceremony employed," late 14c., from Old French incantacion "spell, exorcism" (13c.), from Late Latin incantationem (nominative incantatio) "art of enchanting," noun of action from past-participle stem of incantare "to bewitch, charm, cast a spell upon, chant magic over, sing spells" (see enchantment).
