Etymology

basophobia

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Ancient Greek βάσις
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromβάσις“step”
  2. English todaybasophobia

From Ancient Greek βάσις (básis, “step”) + -phobia. Alternatively, from baso- + -phobia. By surface analysis, bas- + -o- + -phobe + -ia.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekβάσις all →

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