Vassago
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Oh, so perhaps I won't bore you if I offer this one?
The word Grammar is derived from Gramacia. In ancient Hebrew scripts (the Torah, and the Kaballah) letters of the alphabet were believed to correspond with numbers. In order to have a prayer (or spell) work properly it was necessary to ensure the number of your sentence corresponded with the outcome of your request (grammatically correct). For this reason the “spelling” was crucial. So the witches “spell” was born.
And another
The word Occult originally meant "hidden".
Okay, that's much more useless. Thanks for your contribution.