hydrophobia
Meaningfear of water
Common meaning: fear of water
Other meanings: rabies
- hydrwaterLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1724 · scan
- phobfear, panic flightLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 867 · scan
- ianoun ending (Latin/Greek) for a field or condition
‘water’ + ‘fear, panic flight’ → hydrophobia
Journey through time
- hydr — Greek ὕδωρ “water” (path traced)
- phob — Greek φόβος “fear, panic flight” (path traced)
Parts join in Latin as febris.
- Greekὕδωρ + φόβος‘water + fear, panic flight’
- Latinfebris
- Englishhydrophobia‘fear of water’ · today
hydr also in: dehydrate
phob also in: phobiaxenophobiaxenophobicagoraphobiatechnophobe
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 ὕδωρ ‘water’ + 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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