English
ghostkind
From ghost + -kind.
Formed from ghost + -kind
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 whole body of ghosts or spirits; ghosts or spirits taken collectively.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / ghostkind