Etymology

dwimmercraft

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Today it means: The art of illusion; the art of magic; sorcery; magic. Full definition →

Middle English dwimmer-craft ← Old English dweomorcræft
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromdweomorcræft“magical arts, sorcery”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromdwimmer-craft
  3. English todaydwimmercraft

From Middle English dwimmer-craft, dwemercraft, from Old English dweomorcræft (“magical arts, sorcery”), equivalent to dwimmer + -craft.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.