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Fascinate

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to captivate someone's interest or attention intensely
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Stage 1 of 2
fascinare
Latin · ancient
"to bewitch, to enchant"
to bewitch, to cast a spell using the evil eye
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Stage 2 of 2
fascinate
English · 1590s
"to captivate someone's attention and interest"
broadened from casting a magical spell to captivating someone's attention
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