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Where does “-φοβία” come from?

-φοβία (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

-φοβία (Ancient Greek): fear; -phobia

Definitions

  1. fear; -phobia

Ancestry of “-φοβία”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
2Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
3Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “-φοβία”

  • homophobia
  • xenophobia
  • photophobia
  • Islamophobia
  • Anglophobia
  • transphobia
  • Judeophobia
  • phonophobia
  • technophobia
  • acrophobia
  • neophobia
  • Russophobia
  • Negrophobia
  • arachnophobia
  • Francophobia
  • biphobia
  • Lusophobia
  • dysmorphophobia
  • heterophobia
  • iconophobia
  • iconophobic
  • Sinophobia
  • antihomophobia
  • erotophobia
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