hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

The story

1. Latin · derived frommonstrum“monster”
2. English todayhippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

From hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian, in turn an extension of sesquipedalian with ad hoc combining forms of Latin monstrum (“monster”) and hippopotamus (intended to exaggerate the length of the word itself and the idea of the size of the words being feared), + -phobia.

Words from the same roots