Etymograph

English

spellcaster

From spell + caster.

A compound of spell + caster

Proto-Germanic *spellą ‘speech’

Proto-West Germanic *spell

Old English spell ‘news’

Middle English spell

English spell

Proto-Germanic *kas- ‘to throw’

Proto-Germanic *kastōną ‘to throw’

Old Norse kasta ‘to cast, to throw’

Middle English casten ‘cast’

English cast ‘to turn’

English caster

Today it means

noun One who casts spells; a magician; a sorcerer.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “spellcaster”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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