arachnophobia
Meaningfear of spiders
Common meaning: fear of spiders
- arachna spiderLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 212 · scan
- phobfear, panic flightLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 867 · scan
- ianoun ending (Latin/Greek) for a field or condition
‘a spider’ + ‘fear, panic flight’ → arachnophobia
Journey through time
Neither part’s path through time is traced in our sources yet; each root is shown from its dictionary entry.
- arachn — Greek ἀράχνη “a spider” (dictionary form; path not traced)
- phob — Greek φόβος “fear, panic flight” (dictionary form; path not traced)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek ἀράχνη ‘a spider’ + Greek φόβος ‘fear, panic flight’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry φόβος, p. 867 · dictionary scan
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