warlock

warlock
\ \ [OE] Etymologically, a warlock is a ‘liar on oath’, and hence a ‘traitor’ or ‘deceiver’.
\ \ Indeed, the word originally meant ‘traitor’ in English. It soon broadened out into a general term of abuse, and it was also used as an epithet for the ‘Devil’, but the modern sense ‘evil sorcerer’ did not emerge until the 14th century. It started life as a compound noun formed from wǣrfaith, pledge’ (a relative of English very and German wahrtrue’) and -logaliar’ (a derivative of lēogan, the ancestor of modern English lie).
\ \ Cf.LIE, VERY

Word origins - 2ed. . 2005.

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