Where does “ghost vote” come from?
ghost vote (English) comes from English Vote, from Latin vōtum, from Latin votus, from Latin vovere, from Latin voveo, from Proto-Italic wogʷeō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁wegʷʰ- — to promise, to vow; to praise.
ghost vote (English): A valid vote that is counted in voting totals for an election, but which lacks any associated public record as to who cast it
Definitions
- A valid vote that is counted in voting totals for an election, but which lacks any associated public record as to who cast it
Ancestry of “ghost vote”, step by step
ghost vote traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Vote
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Vote | A person from Votia or of Votic descent |
| 2 | Latin | vōtum | promise, dedication, vow, solemn pledge |
| 3 | Latin | votus | vowed, promised; devoted to (a deity); having been vowed |
| 4 | Latin | vovere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | voveo | I vow, promise; I dedicate or devote to a deity;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wogʷeō | I vow, promise; dedicate or devote to a deity; I... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁wegʷʰ- | to promise, to vow; to praise |
via English ghost
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ghost | The spirit; the soul of man; The disembodied... |
| 2 | Middle English | gost | a spiritual being; angel, devil, spirit; soul of... |
| 3 | Old English | gāst | breath, soul, spirit, ghost, being |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | gaist | ghost, spirit |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gaistaz | terror, fear; spirit, ghost; mind |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰeysd- | anger, agitation |