The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromγαλεός
- English todaygaleophobia
From Ancient Greek γαλεός (galeós), a type of shark with weasel-like markings, derived from γαλῆ (galê), γαλέη (galéē, “weasel, cat”) + -phobia.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.