Etymology

Phobos

P3H4O1B3O1S1

Today it means: A son of Ares (Mars). Also the Greek god of fear. Full definition →

Ancient Greek Φόβος
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΦόβος“Fear”
  2. English todayPhobos

From Ancient Greek Φόβος (Phóbos, “Fear”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient GreekΦόβος all →

phobiaxenophobeablutophobeablutophobiaablutophobicblennophobeblennophobiaclimacophobiacoprophobiahodophobichomichlophobianeurophobiaphobo-religiophobiatrypophobiavermiphobia

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.