Where does “ട്രിപ്പോഫോബിയ” come from?
ട്രിപ്പോഫോബിയ (Malayalam) comes from English trypophobia, from English -phobia, from Ancient Greek Φόβος, from Proto-Indo-European bʰegʷ- — to flee; to run.
ട്രിപ്പോഫോബിയ (Malayalam): trypophobia, the fear of cluster of small holes
Definitions
- trypophobia, the fear of cluster of small holes
Ancestry of “ട്രിപ്പോഫോബിയ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trypophobia | An irrational or obsessive fear of irregular... |
| 2 | English | -phobia | Used to form nouns meaning fear of a specific... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Φόβος | mythological personification of fear |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰegʷ- | to flee; to run |