Where does “Onmyodo” come from?
Onmyodo (English) comes from Japanese 陰陽道, from Japanese 陰陽, from Middle Chinese 陰陽, from Old Chinese 陰陽.
Ancestry of “Onmyodo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 陰陽道 | <br>; a traditional body of Japanese esoteric... |
| 2 | Japanese | 陰陽 | yin-yang |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 陰陽 | — |
| 4 | Old Chinese | 陰陽 | — |