The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἁφή“sense of touch”
- English todayanaphia
From an- (“not”) + Ancient Greek ἁφή (haphḗ, “sense of touch”) + -ia. Or perhaps directly from Ancient Greek ἀναφής (anaphḗs, “impalpable”). For the middle element, compare haptic.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἁφή all →
aphenphosmphobiahaphephobiaparaphia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.