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Where does “spook” come from?

spook (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch spooc, from Middle Dutch spoke, from Proto-Germanic spōk — spook, ghost, apparition; witchcraft, wizardry.

spook (Dutch): phantom, ghost; horror, terror; an annoying and...

Definitions

  1. phantom, ghost; horror, terror; an annoying and...

Ancestry of “spook”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchspoocapparition, ghost; spook, ghost
2Middle Dutchspoke—
3Proto-Germanicspōkspook, ghost, apparition; witchcraft, wizardry

Words derived from “spook”

  • spooky
  • spook
  • spookily
  • spookiness
  • spookish
  • spookery
  • spookspeak
  • spookdom
  • spooktacular
  • spookhouse
  • spooker
  • Spooklight
  • spookless
  • superspook
  • spookfish
  • spookfest
  • spookmaster
  • spooktastic
  • outspook
  • spooktacularly
  • spookshow
  • spookwoord
  • spookschip
  • spookrijder
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