The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφόβος“fear”
- Latin · derived fromablutio“a washing”
- English todayablutophobe
From Latin ablutio (“a washing”) + Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).
Words from the same roots
Latinablutio all →
ablutophobiaablutophobic
Ancient Greekφόβος all →
phobiaPhobosxenophobeablutophobiaablutophobicblennophobeblennophobiaclimacophobiacoprophobiahodophobichomichlophobianeurophobiaphobo-religiophobiatrypophobiavermiphobia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.