Etymology

chaetophobia

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Today it means: fear of hair and/or hairy people or animals Full definition →

Ancient Greek χαίτη
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχαίτη“flowing hair”
  2. English todaychaetophobia

From Ancient Greek χαίτη (khaítē, “flowing hair”). By surface analysis, chaeto- + -phobia.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekχαίτη all →

chaetachaeto-chaetognathchaetophorous

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.