homophobia

homophobia · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
2. Proto-Indo-European*somHós
3. Proto-Hellenic*homós
4. Ancient Greekὁμός (homós)
5. Germanhomo-
6. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
7. Proto-Indo-European*séks-u-s
8. Proto-Italic*seksus
9. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
10. Proto-Indo-European*sékh₁yeti
11. Proto-Italic*sekaō
12. Latinsecō
13. Latinsecāre?
14. Latinsexus
15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
17. Latinsexuālis
18. Germansexual
19. Germanhomosexua
20. Englishhomosexualbf.
21. Englishhomo-
22. Proto-Indo-European*bʰógʷos
23. Proto-Hellenic*pʰógʷos
24. Ancient Greekφόβος (phóbos)
25. English todayhomophobia

From homo- (short for and prefix of homosexual) + -phobia. Coined by American psychologist George Weinberg in 1971 in Society and the Healthy Homosexual.

homophobia · noun²

1. Latin · derived fromhomo“man”
2. English todayhomophobia

Latin homo (“man”) + -phobia (“fear”)

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from 1971 Hatred, fear, aversion, or prejudice towards homosexuals.
• from 2021 Deliberate misspelling of heterochromia.