Etymology

Islamophobism

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Today it means: Islamophobia Full definition →

English Islamophobe ← Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) ← Proto-Hellenic *pʰógʷos
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The story

  1. Arabicأَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama)
  2. Arabicإِسْلَام (ʔislām)
  3. EnglishIslam
  4. EnglishIslamo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰógʷos
  6. Proto-Hellenic*pʰógʷos
  7. Ancient Greekφόβος (phóbos)
  8. EnglishIslamophobe
  9. English todayIslamophobism

From Islamophobe + -ism.

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