Where does “白魔術” come from?

白魔術 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 魔術, from Japanese 魔, from Middle Chinese 魔.

白魔術 (Japanese): white magic, good magic

Definitions

  1. white magic, good magic

Ancestry of “白魔術”, step by step

白魔術 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 魔術

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese魔術spellcraft, sorcery, witchcraft
2Japanese魔devil, demon; supernatural; evil
3Middle Chinese魔—

via Japanese 白

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese白the color white; innocence; a white go stone
2Middle Chinese白—
Every word from Middle Chinese 魔 →Every word from Japanese 魔 →Every word from Japanese 魔術 →