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witchcraft

Today it means: The practice of witches; magic, sorcery, or the use of supernatural powers to influence or predict events. Full definition →

Middle English wicchecraft ← Old English wiċċecræft

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Old English · inherited fromwiċċecræft
Middle English · inherited fromwicchecraft
English todaywitchcraft

From Middle English wicchecraft, wicchecreft, from Old English wiċċecræft, equivalent to witch + -craft.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.