Etymology

phobia

pho·bia
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Today it means: An irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something). Full definition →

Ancient Greek φόβος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromφόβος“fear”
  2. English todayphobia

First attested in c. 1790, from words ending in -phobia, ultimately from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”). Compare ism, from -ism, itis, from -itis, and ana, from -ana.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekφόβος all →

Phobosxenophobeablutophobeablutophobiaablutophobicblennophobeblennophobiaclimacophobiacoprophobiahodophobichomichlophobianeurophobiaphobo-religiophobiatrypophobiavermiphobia

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