Etymograph

English

Ghost of God

Ghost of God comes from Middle English gost of God.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gost of God
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1809Ghost of God

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gost of God
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1809Ghost of God

Earliest quotation: 1809, Thomas Cranmer, The Life: “And we should not alter any word in the…”

Today it means

name An epithet of the Holy Spirit.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Middle English gost of God / Ghost of God