Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·dutch ·1810s
Spook
from spook
- Meaning
- Ghost.
- Source word
- spook
- Route into English
- Dutch settlers → American English; the verb "to spook" (to frighten) is American.
- Arrived
- 1810s
English borrows.
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