Where does “tanatofobia” come from?

tanatofobia (Italian) comes from Italian Tanato, from Ancient Greek Θάνατος, from Ancient Greek θνῄσκω, from Ancient Greek -σκω, from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti — Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

tanatofobia (Italian): thanatophobia

Definitions

  1. thanatophobia

Ancestry of “tanatofobia”, step by step

tanatofobia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian Tanato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianTanatoThanatos
2Ancient GreekΘάνατοςThanatos
3Ancient GreekθνῄσκωI die; I am dead; to be killed
4Ancient Greek-σκωPrimitive suffix used to form present-tense...
5Proto-Indo-European-sḱétiForms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

via Italian fobia

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

Words derived from “tanatofobia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti →Every word from Ancient Greek -σκω →Every word from Ancient Greek θνῄσκω →