Etymology

galeophobia

G2A1L1E1O1P3H4O1B3I1A1

Today it means: The irrational fear of sharks or dogfish. Full definition →

Ancient Greek γαλεός
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromγαλεός
  2. 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.