>>40519581
"Genie" comes from combining "genius" with "jinn" (they are similar concepts).

https://www.britannica.com/topic/genius-Roman-religion
>in classical Roman times, an attendant spirit of a person or place.

I dream of Jeannie is about an astronaut who finds a genie on a beach.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F41Y37XTZck