trypophobia

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromφόβος“fear, phobia”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromτρυπάω“bore”
3. Ancient Greek · derived fromτρῦπα“hole”
4. English todaytrypophobia

From Ancient Greek τρῦπα (trûpa, “hole”), compare Ancient Greek τρυπάω (trupáō, “bore”), + -phobia (from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear, phobia”)), said to have been coined by a blogger from Ireland in 2005.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from 2005 An irrational or obsessive fear of irregular patterns or clusters of small holes, such as those found in honeycombs.