What language does the word abracadabara oringinate from?

Answer 1

It is thought, according to Wikipedia, that the word comes from Aramaic, the native tongue of Jesus. The Aramaic word abra means 'create', and cadabra means 'as I say', so the word means basically 'create as I say', the obvious connection with magical spells. Paraphrased from the Wikipedia article linked below:

Interesting to speculate that this is a phrase that might very well have been spoken by Jesus himself.