Where does “arachnophobe” come from?

arachnophobe (English) comes from English phobe, from English -phobe, from French -phobe, from Ancient Greek Φόβος, from Proto-Indo-European bʰegʷ- — to flee; to run.

arachnophobe (English): A person who fears spiders

Definitions

  1. A person who fears spiders

Ancestry of “arachnophobe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishphobeA person who experiences a phobia
2English-phobeUsed to form nouns denoting a person having a...
3French-phobephobic
4Ancient GreekΦόβοςmythological personification of fear
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰegʷ-to flee; to run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰegʷ- →Every word from Ancient Greek Φόβος →Every word from English -phobe →