Etymology

triskaidekaphobia

Today it means: Fear or dislike of the number thirteen (13). Full definition →

Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) ← Proto-Hellenic *pʰógʷos ← Proto-Indo-European *bʰógʷos
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Englishtriskaideka-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰógʷos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰógʷos
  4. Ancient Greekφόβος (phóbos)
  5. English todaytriskaidekaphobia

From triskaideka- (“thirteen”) + -phobia.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.