English
ghostcraft
From ghost + craft.
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 *krafjaną ‘to demand’
Proto-Germanic *kraftuz ‘strength, power’
Proto-West Germanic *kraftu ‘strength, power’
Old English cræft ‘strength, skill’
Middle English craft ‘strength, skill’
English craft
Today it means
noun Knowledge of lore about and methods of detecting or working with ghosts.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / ghostcraft