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.
Names given to the Spanish language theories about the name have been advanced as well (see Hispania). The Romans called the inhabitants of Hispania "hispani" (singular: "hispanus"), and the relevant adjective was "hispanicus". These terms, had they undergone regular sound change into Castilian, would have developed into "España", *"espanos" (singular: *"espano") and *"espánego" or *"espango"—but in reality, only the first term exists in modern Castilian. As the branches of Vulgar Latin began to evolve into separate Romance languages, the term that would evolve into "español" began to be used to refer to these derivative languages (especially as opposed to the Arabic and Hebrew of the Moorish