Where does “onomatophobia” come from?

onomatophobia (English) comes from English onomato-, from Ancient Greek ὄνομα, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

onomatophobia (English): The fear of hearing particular names or words

Definitions

  1. The fear of hearing particular names or words

Ancestry of “onomatophobia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishonomato-name; word
2Ancient Greekὄνομαname; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek ὄνομα →