Editing Grimoire (section)

==Etymology==
The etymology of ''grimoire'' is unclear. It is most commonly believed that the term ''grimoire'' originated from the [[Old French]] word ''grammaire'' 'grammar', which had initially been used to refer to all books written in [[Latin]]. By the 18th century, the term had gained its now common usage in France and had begun to be used to refer purely to books of magic. Owen Davies presumed this was because "many of them continued to circulate in Latin manuscripts".{{sfn|Davies|2009}}

However, the term ''grimoire'' later developed into a [[figure of speech]] among the French indicating something that was hard to understand. In the 19th century, with the increasing interest in [[occult]]ism among the British following the publication of [[Francis Barrett (occultist)|Francis Barrett]]'s ''[[The Magus (Barrett book)|The Magus]]'' (1801), the term entered English in reference to books of magic.{{sfn|Davies|2009|p=1}}