Etymology

chronophobia

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Today it means: Fear of the passing of time, or more generally of time itself. Full definition →

Ancient Greek χρόνος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχρόνος“time”
  2. English todaychronophobia

From Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + φοβος (phobos, “fear”). Equivalent to chrono- + -phobia.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekχρόνος all →

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