Where does “動物恐怖症” come from?

動物恐怖症 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 動物, from Middle Chinese 動物.

動物恐怖症 (Japanese): zoophobia

Definitions

  1. zoophobia

Ancestry of “動物恐怖症”, step by step

動物恐怖症 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 動物

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese動物animal
2Middle Chinese動物—

via Japanese 恐怖症

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese恐怖症a phobia
2Japanese恐怖fear; horror; dread; to dread; to fear
Every word from Middle Chinese 動物 →Every word from Japanese 動物 →