Where does “黒魔術” come from?

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

黒魔術 (Japanese): black magic, bad/evil magic

Definitions

  1. black magic, bad/evil magic

Ancestry of “黒魔術”, step by step

黒魔術 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 黒

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese黒black; a black stone; the person who plays black...
Every word from Middle Chinese 魔 →Every word from Japanese 魔 →Every word from Japanese 魔術 →