English
ghostflower
From ghost + flower.
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 *bʰleh₃- ‘to thrive, bloom’
Proto-Italic *flōs ‘flower’
Latin flōs ‘flower’
Anglo-Norman flur
Middle English flour ‘a flower’
English flower
Today it means
noun Mohavea confertiflora, a flower native to the Sonoran and Mojave deserts.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / ghostflower