Etymology

aichmophobia

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Ancient Greek αιχμή
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromαιχμή“spearhead”
  2. English todayaichmophobia

From Ancient Greek αιχμή (aikhmḗ, “spearhead”) + -phobia.

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