English
ghost call
From ghost + call.
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéysd-
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Proto-Germanic *gaistaz ‘terror’
Proto-West Germanic *gaist ‘ghost’
Old English gāst ‘breath’
Middle English gost ‘a spiritual being’
English ghost
Proto-Germanic *kalzōną ‘to call’
Proto-West Germanic *kalʀōn
Old English ceallian ‘to call’
Old English *callian
Middle English callen ‘to call’
English call
Today it means
noun A telephone call for which, when the recipient of the call answers, there is no one on the other end.
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Etymograph / ghost call