“女巫”是从中世纪英语wicca这个词语得来的,是wise的意思,有“聪明、博学”之义。在古代,那些掌握治病疗伤的药草知识的人、能够观望天空预知天气的人、根据经验可以通晓自然的人就是巫师。现在,我们知道那些其实就是医学、气象学、历法等学科的雏形。在现代英语中,“witch”一般是指女巫,但“witch”曾经有男女巫师的意思,只是巫师中女巫占多数。 “Witch ” is derived from the wicca term of medieval English, which means “wise” and has the meaning of “clever, learned”. In ancient times, those who had the knowledge of the healing herbs and herbs, those who could see the weather in the sky, and those who could be known from the experience, were the wizards. Now, we know that those are actually prototypes of medicine, meteorology and calendar. In modern English, “witch ” generally refers to a witch, but “witch ” used to mean male and female wizards, except that wizards accounted for the majority of wizards.