The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφόβος“fear”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromβλέννα“mucus, slime”
- English todayblennophobe
From Ancient Greek βλέννα (blénna, “mucus, slime”) + -phobe, from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekβλέννα all →
blennyblenno-blennorrhoea
Ancient Greekφόβος all →
phobiaPhobosxenophobeablutophobeablutophobiaablutophobicblennophobiaclimacophobiacoprophobiahodophobichomichlophobianeurophobiaphobo-religiophobiatrypophobiavermiphobia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.