English
errand-ghost
Errand-ghost comes from Old English ǣrendgāst ‘spiritual messenger, angel’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150ǣrendgāst‘spiritual messenger, angel’
- Englishearliest quotation 1900errand-ghost
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150ǣrendgāst‘spiritual messenger, angel’
- Englishearliest quotation 1900errand-ghost
Earliest quotation: 1900, Eleanor Vere Boyle: “Their simple directness of character may account for the…”
The story
Revived from Old English ǣrendgāst (‘spiritual messenger, angel’).
Every English word from Old English ǣrendgāst
Today it means
noun A spirit or spiritual messenger; an angel.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English ǣrendgāst / errand-ghost