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Spook

2 stages from Dutch to English.

Today it means a ghost or specter, or (informally) to frighten someone
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Stage 1 of 2
spook
Dutch · medieval
"a ghost"
the Dutch word for a ghost
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Stage 2 of 2
spook
English · 1800s
"a ghost or specter"
adopted through Dutch settlers in colonial America
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