English
ghosthunting
From ghost + hunting.
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 Investigations that aim to track down ghosts.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / ghosthunting