Etymology

aquaphobia

A1Q10U1A1P3H4O1B3I1A1

Today it means: A fear of water, especially a morbid fear of drowning. Full definition →

Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) ← Proto-Hellenic *pʰógʷos ← Proto-Indo-European *bʰógʷos
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ékʷeh₂
  2. Proto-Italic*akʷā
  3. Latinaqua
  4. Middle Englishaqua
  5. Englishaqua-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰógʷos
  7. Proto-Hellenic*pʰógʷos
  8. Ancient Greekφόβος (phóbos)
  9. English todayaquaphobia

From aqua- + -phobia.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.