Etymograph

English

spookmaster

From spook + master.

A compound of spook + master

Middle Dutch spooc ‘spook, ghost’

Dutch spook ‘ghost’

English spook

Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s ‘big’

Old Latin magester

Latin magister ‘chief’

Old English mǣster

Middle English maister ‘master’

English master

Today it means

noun A spymaster.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “spookmaster”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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