English
ghost driver
Calque of German Geisterfahrer.
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-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ-
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Proto-West Germanic *drīban ‘to drive’
Old English drīfan ‘to drive’
Middle English driven ‘to drive’
Middle English drivere
English driver
Today it means
noun wrong-way driver
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / ghost driver