English
ghosthood
From ghost + -hood.
Formed from ghost + -hood
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
Today it means
noun The state or period of being a ghost.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / ghosthood