English

ghosthunter

From ghost + hunter.

A compound of ghost + hunter

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

Middle English huntere ‘hunter’

Today it means

noun A person who attempts to track down ghosts.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / ghosthunter