Where does “暗闇” come from?

暗闇 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 闇, from Middle Chinese 闇.

暗闇 (Japanese): darkness, the dark, complete absence of light; a dark place

Definitions

  1. darkness, the dark, complete absence of light; a dark place

Ancestry of “暗闇”, step by step

暗闇 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 闇

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese闇the dark, darkness; darkness, the dark; a dark...
2Middle Chinese闇—

via Japanese 暗

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese暗darkness
2Japanese暮れるget dark, for night to fall; for the season to...
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