Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·german ·1830s
Poltergeist
from Poltergeist
- Meaning
- Noisy ghost — a spirit said to throw objects.
- Source word
- Poltergeist
- Route into English
- Medieval German folklore via 19th-c. spiritualism.
- Arrived
- 1830s
English borrows.
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