The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφόβος“fear”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromβλέννος
- English todayblennophobia
From Ancient Greek βλέννος (blénnos, alternative form of βλέννα "mucus, slime") + -phobia, from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekφόβος all →
phobiaPhobosxenophobeablutophobeablutophobiaablutophobicblennophobeclimacophobiacoprophobiahodophobichomichlophobianeurophobiaphobo-religiophobiatrypophobiavermiphobia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.