Etymograph

English

ghostify

From ghost + -ify.

Formed from ghost + -ify

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

verb To make ghostly, or turn into a ghost.

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

Etymograph / ghostify