English
ghostlore
From ghost + lore (“learning, knowledge”).
A compound of ghost + lore ‘learning, knowledge’
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-Indo-European *leys- ‘to trace, to track’
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Proto-Germanic *laizō ‘teaching’
Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu
Old English lār ‘teaching, learning, education’
Middle English lore ‘Education or teaching’
English lore
Today it means
noun A genre of folklore concerning ghosts.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / ghostlore