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Where does “φόβος” come from?

φόβος (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek φέβεσθαι, from Ancient Greek φέβομαι, from Proto-Hellenic pʰégʷomai, from Proto-Indo-European bʰégʷeti, from Proto-Indo-European bʰegʷ- — to flee; to run.

φόβος (Ancient Greek): fear, terror, alarm, fright, panic; the act of...

Definitions

  1. fear, terror, alarm, fright, panic; the act of...

Ancestry of “φόβος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekφέβεσθαι—
2Ancient GreekφέβομαιI am put to flight, I flee
3Proto-Hellenicpʰégʷomai—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰégʷeti—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰegʷ-to flee; to run

Words derived from “φόβος”

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  • Islamophobia
  • Phobos
  • Anglophobia
  • transphobia
  • Judeophobia
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  • technophobia
  • Islamophobic
  • chromophobe
  • acrophobia
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  • transphobic
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  • xenophobe
  • Negrophobia
  • Anglophobe
  • technophobic
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