Where does “taphophobia” come from?

taphophobia (English) comes from Ancient Greek τάφος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

taphophobia (English): a fear of being buried alive

Definitions

  1. a fear of being buried alive

Ancestry of “taphophobia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekτάφοςfuneral rites, burial, funeral, wake; tomb,...
2Ancient Greek-όςForms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root
3Proto-Hellenic*-os—
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “taphophobia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ός →Every word from Ancient Greek τάφος →