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