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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: "Holy Ghost" #12705 12/18/2000 11:33 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London NicholasW enthusiast NicholasW enthusiast Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London The Indo-European root ghost- giving Latin host- 'army' also gives the native English 'guest', I believe; the basic meaning being 'stranger'. This is preserved in the Latin hos-pit- 'guest-feeder', which gives rise to 'host', 'hospitality' etc. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted "Ghost" dennis 12/12/2000 12:14 PM Re: "Holy Ghost" Faldage 12/12/2000 2:01 PM Re: "Holy Ghost" dennis 12/12/2000 2:52 PM Re: "Holy Ghost" of troy 12/12/2000 3:13 PM Re: "Holy Ghost" RhubarbCommando 12/13/2000 10:04 AM Re: "Holy Ghost" Bobyoungbalt 12/13/2000 9:06 PM Re: "Holy Ghost" Faldage 12/13/2000 9:25 PM Re: "Holy Ghost" NicholasW 12/18/2000 11:33 AM Re: "Holy Ghost" Jackie 12/18/2000 12:17 PM Re: "Holy Ghost" NicholasW 12/19/2000 11:05 AM Re: "Holy Ghost" Jackie 12/19/2000 12:53 PM Re: "Holy Ghost" NicholasW 12/19/2000 1:22 PM Re: "Holy Ghost" NicholasW 12/18/2000 11:27 AM Re: "Ghost" Capital Kiwi 12/13/2000 1:43 AM Re: "Ghost" NicholasW 12/18/2000 11:29 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,361 Members9,209 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 12 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,195 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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