ghoul
GOOL · noun
ArabicPersianFrenchEnglish
Origin
English borrowed "ghoul" from French "goule," which came from Persian "ġul," itself from Arabic "ḡūl."
Journey
The facts available only trace its path through languages, not a shift in meaning — it seems to have carried its unsettling sense along the whole route.
Related words
No related English word is given in the facts beyond the chain of borrowing itself: Arabic to Persian to French to English.