gost
Middle English
/ɡɔːst/
noun
Definitions
- a spiritual being; angel, devil, spirit; soul of a dead person
- the Holy Ghost
- A villain, scoundrel; a devil incarnate; a wicked-looking creature
- The soul of man, spiritual nature
- A spiritual force or insight, a gift of prophecy
- A breath, blowing, wind; God's breath, a spiritual wind; the blowing of storm
Etymology
Inherited from Old English gāst (soul, spirit, breath, being, ghost) inherited from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz (ghost, spirit, mind).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*gaistaz
Gloss
ghost, spirit, mind
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
霊
Emoji
👻
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antighost English
- beghost English
- errand-ghost English
- ghost English
- ghost bump English
- ghost call English
- ghost chili pepper English
- ghost island English
- ghostball English
- ghostbuster English
- ghostbusting English
- ghostdom English
- ghosten English
- ghoster English
- ghostess English
- ghostfish English
- ghostflower English
- ghosthood English
- ghosthunt English
- ghosthunter English
- ghosthunting English
- ghostie English
- ghosting English
- ghostish English
- ghostkind English
- ghostking English
- ghostland English
- ghostless English
- ghostlike English
- ghostling English
- ghostlore English
- ghostly English
- ghostology English
- ghostsome English
- ghostwriter English
- ghostwritten English
- ghosty English
- gost English
- unghost English
- wereghost English
- Geist German
- geistlich German
- gostear Spanish, Castilian
- *ǵʰeysd- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰéysd-os Proto-Indo-European
- *gaistaz Proto-Germanic
- ゴースト Japanese
- froforgast Old English
- gastbana Old English
- gastberend Old English
- gastcund Old English
- gastgedal Old English
- gastgifu Old English
- gastleas Old English
- gastlic Old English
- gastsunu Old English
- gāst Old English
- heahgast Old English
- wuldorgast Old English
- ærendgast Old English
- geist Old High German
- *gaist gmw-pro
- gēst Old Dutch
- gest Old Saxon
- 고스트 Korean
- gāst Old Frisian