The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφόβος“fear”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromνεῦρον“nerve, sinew”
- English todayneurophobia
Combination of neuro- + -phobia, from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve, sinew”) and Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekνεῦρον all →
neuralneuronneuroticneuralgianeuropilneurulaneuropilemaneurosthenia
Ancient Greekφόβος all →
phobiaPhobosxenophobeablutophobeablutophobiaablutophobicblennophobeblennophobiaclimacophobiacoprophobiahodophobichomichlophobiaphobo-religiophobiatrypophobiavermiphobia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.