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.

Onmyodo (English): A traditional Japanese esoteric cosmology, a mixture of natural science and occultism, formerly under the control of the imperial government

Definitions

  1. A traditional Japanese esoteric cosmology, a mixture of natural science and occultism, formerly under the control of the imperial government

Ancestry of “Onmyodo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese陰陽道<br>; a traditional body of Japanese esoteric...
2Japanese陰陽yin-yang
3Middle Chinese陰陽
4Old Chinese陰陽
Every word from Old Chinese 陰陽Every word from Middle Chinese 陰陽Every word from Japanese 陰陽
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