The story
- Latin · derived fromrupes“cliff, rock”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromῥύπος“filth”
- English todayrupophobia
Possibly from Ancient Greek ῥύπος (rhúpos, “filth”) + -phobia (See rhypophobia). Alternatively, related to Latin rupes (“cliff, rock”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekῥύπος all →
rhyparographrhyparographyrhypophagyrhypophobiarypophagous
Latinrupes all →
rupesrupestralrupestrianrupicolinerupicolous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.