English
ghosthunt
From ghost + hunt.
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 *huntōną ‘to hunt’
Proto-West Germanic *huntōn ‘to hunt’
Old English huntian ‘to hunt’
Middle English hunten ‘to hunt’
English hunt
Today it means
noun The act of looking for ghosts.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / ghosthunt