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specter (n.)
[specter 词源字典]
c. 1600, "frightening ghost," from French
spectre
"an image, figure, ghost" (16c.), from Latin
spectrum
"appearance, vision, apparition" (see
spectrum
). Figurative sense "object of dread" is from 1774.
[specter etymology, specter origin, 英语词源]