Where does “claustrofobia” come from?

claustrofobia (Galician) comes from Galician -fobia, from Ancient Greek -φοβία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

claustrofobia (Galician): claustrophobia fear of closed, tight places

Definitions

  1. claustrophobia fear of closed, tight places

Ancestry of “claustrofobia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galician-fobia-phobia
2Ancient Greek-φοβίαfear; -phobia
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “claustrofobia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from Galician -fobia →
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