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
- A person who fears spiders
Ancestry of “arachnophobe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | phobe | A person who experiences a phobia |
| 2 | English | -phobe | Used to form nouns denoting a person having a... |
| 3 | French | -phobe | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Φόβος | mythological personification of fear |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰegʷ- | to flee; to run |