Etymology

eikosioctophobia

Today it means: Fear of the number twenty-eight. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ) ← Proto-Hellenic *oktṓ ← Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekεἴκοσι (eíkosi)
  2. Proto-Indo-European*oḱtṓw
  3. Proto-Hellenic*oktṓ
  4. Ancient Greekὀκτώ (oktṓ)
  5. English todayeikosioctophobia

From Ancient Greek εἴκοσι (eíkosi, “twenty”) + ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) + English -phobia.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.