Etymology

scopophobic

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Today it means: Of or relating to scopophobia. Full definition →

Ancient Greek σκοπέω
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσκοπέω“examine, inspect, look to or into, consider”
  2. English todayscopophobic

From Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō, “examine, inspect, look to or into, consider”) + -phobic.

Words from the same roots

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