The word 'abracadabra' is a loan word from Aramaic 'avra kehdabra'

'Abracadabra' is a word borrowed from Aramaic 'avra kehdabra'. The word entered the English language some time around 1565.

abracadabra [noun] [1565]

• a magical charm or incantation
• unintelligible language

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note: From the Aramaic phrase avra kehdabra meaning I will create as I speak.
Etymology: Late Latin

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