Etymology

computerphobia

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Today it means: Fear or irrational dislike of computers; cyberphobia. Full definition →

English computer ← French computer ← Latin computāre
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The story

  1. Latincomputō
  2. Latincomputāre
  3. Frenchcomputer
  4. Englishcompute
  5. Englishcomputer
  6. English todaycomputerphobia

From computer + -phobia.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.