Where does “thanatophobia” come from?
thanatophobia (English) comes from English thanato-, from Ancient Greek Θάνατος, from Ancient Greek θνῄσκω, from Ancient Greek -σκω, from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti — Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...
thanatophobia (English): Fear of death
Ancestry of “thanatophobia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | thanato- | death |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Θάνατος | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | θνῄσκω | I die; I am dead; to be killed |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -σκω | Primitive suffix used to form present-tense... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -sḱéti | Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs... |