The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσάρξ“flesh”
- English todaysarmassophobia
From Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) + μάσσω (mássō, “touch, knead, press”) + -o- + -phobia.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσάρξ all →
sarcasticcoenosarcendosarcperisarcsarco-sarcodesarcolite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.