Hocus pocus (magic) derived from the Protoslavic word "kusiti", which is itself derived from Gothic "kausajn" meaning "to try", "to attempt". This may indicate that the wording belongs to the alchemy kitchen and court of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552 – 1612). Also, "hocus" may mean "to cheat" in Latin or a distorted form of the word "hoc", "this". Combination of the two words may give a sense, especially both meanings together "this attempt/experiment" and "cheated attempt/experiment". According to the Oxford English Dictionary the term originates from "hax pax max Deus adimax", a pseudo-Latin phrase used as a magical formula by conjurors.
Deus Deus Deus () is Latin for "god" or "deity". Latin "deus" and "dīvus" "divine", are descended from Proto-Indo-European *"deiwos", "celestial" or "shining", from the same root as "*Dyēus", the reconstructed chief god of the Proto-Indo-European pantheon. In Classical Latin, "deus" (feminine "dea") was a general noun referring to a deity, while in technical usage a "divus" or "diva" was a figure who had become divine, such as a divinized emperor. In Late Latin, "Deus" came to be used mostly for the Christian God. It was inherited by the Romance languages in French "Dieu", Spanish "Dios", Portuguese and Galician "Deus", Italian