Where does “蜘蛛恐怖症” come from?

蜘蛛恐怖症 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 蜘蛛, from Middle Chinese 蜘蛛.

蜘蛛恐怖症 (Japanese): arachnophobia

Definitions

  1. arachnophobia

Ancestry of “蜘蛛恐怖症”, step by step

蜘蛛恐怖症 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 蜘蛛

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese蜘蛛spider; large spider
2Middle Chinese蜘蛛—

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 蜘蛛 →Every word from Japanese 蜘蛛 →