The story
- Latin · derived fromclaustrum“a shut-in place”
- English todayclaustrophobia
From Latin claustrum (“a shut-in place”), from Latin claudō (“to shut, close; to imprison, confine”) + -phobia. First attested in the British Medical Journal.
Words from the same roots
Latinclaustrum all →
cloisterclaustralclaustrophiliaclaustrophiliacclaustrophilicclaustrophobeclaustrum
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.