haunt

English

/hɔːnt/, /hɑːnt/, /hænt/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To inhabit, or visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).
  • (transitive) To make uneasy, restless.
  • (transitive) To stalk, to follow
  • (intransitive) To live habitually; to stay, to remain.
  • (transitive) To accustom; habituate; make accustomed to.
  • (transitive) To practise; to devote oneself to.
  • (intransitive) To persist in staying or visiting.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English haunten (use, inhabit, reside, employ) derived from Old French hanter (frequent, inhabit, resort to) derived from Old Norse heimta (fetch, bring home) derived from Old English hāmettan (bring home, provide housing to, cohabit with, house) derived from Proto-Germanic *haimatjaną (house, bring home), *haimaz (home, village, house) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kōym- (village).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*kōym-

Gloss

village

Concept
Semantic Field

Social and political relations

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

村

Emoji

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