hydrophobe

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὑδροφόβος
2. Latin · derived fromhydrophobus
3. French · borrowed fromhydrophobe
4. English todayhydrophobe

Borrowed from French hydrophobe, from Latin hydrophobus, from Ancient Greek ὑδροφόβος (hudrophóbos), from ὑδρο- (hudro-, “water”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear, dread”).