One way to hold this word: a woman whose words take hold of you. She speaks, and what happens next is no longer your own choice — you stand still, you follow, you change shape. Everything the word does grows out of that one picture of a will being taken over.
可以想成：一個用話語把人接住的女人。她一開口，接下來發生什麼就不再由你決定——你站著不動、你跟著走、你變成別的樣子。這個字的每一種用法，都從「一個人的意志被接管」這個畫面長出來。
From the word’s history
Recorded as enchanter plus the older feminine ending -ess, reaching English through Old French enchanteresse and Middle English enchaunteresse. The base word is about putting a charm on someone, which is exactly the picture the modern word keeps.
來源記載是 enchanter 加上舊式陰性字尾 -ess，經古法文 enchanteresse、中古英文 enchaunteresse 進入英文。底層的 enchant 講的就是「對人下咒」，正好是今天這個字保留下來的畫面。
Wiktionary etymology supplied in the evidence packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1419681856:15260)
登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。