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My goal is pretty much simple nonetheless challenging; I'm going to try and find as many English words as possible that are Greek. Challenge accepted. And trust me, there's a lot of them.


Showing posts with label fear of something. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fear of something. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

...phobia

Every word with two compounds, the second being -phobia, is Greek and means the fear of something. Some of them are:



Agoraphobia. From Ancient Greek αγορά, agorá, gathering of people or place of gathering + φόβος, phobos, fear. The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.



Arachnophobia. From Ancient Greek αράχνη, arachnē, spider +‎ -phobia. An abnormal or irrational fear of spiders.



Photophobia. From Ancient Greek φῶς, phōs, light + φόβος, phobos, fear) is a symptom of abnormal intolerance to visual perception of light.



Acrophobia. From Ancient Greek ἄκρον, ákron , meaning peak, summit, edge + φόβος, phóbos, fear. It's an extreme or irrational fear of heights.




Hemophobia. From Ancient Greek αἷμα, haima, blood + φόβος, phobos, fear. It's the extreme and irrational fear of blood.