hydrophobia

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὑδροφοβία
2. Latin · derived fromhydrophobia
3. Middle English · inherited fromidroforbia“hydrophobia”
4. English todayhydrophobia

From Middle English idroforbia (“hydrophobia”), from Latin hydrophobia, from Ancient Greek ὑδροφοβία (hudrophobía), from ὑδρο- (hudro-), combining form of ῠ̔́δωρ (hŭ́dōr, “water”), + φοβία (phobía, “phobia”). The word is analysable as hydro- + -phobia.