Etymology

katsaridaphobia

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Today it means: Fear or dislike of cockroaches. Full definition →

Greek κατσαρίδα
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  1. Greek · derived fromκατσαρίδα“cockroach”
  2. English todaykatsaridaphobia

From Modern Greek κατσαρίδα (katsarída, “cockroach”) + -phobia.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.