Hydrophobia
The term based on the Greek root word for water and fear is "hydrophobia." It is used to describe an irrational fear of water or of being in water.
The fear of water is called aquaphobia. The fear of a water well would fall under the term claustrophobia.
Hydrophobia
A phobia is an unnatural fear of something, e.g. hydrophobia is the term for the fear of water. To find other phobia names, click on the website link below.
The term for the fear of the unknown is "Xenophobia."
Trypophobia is a fear of holes. Hydro means water in Greek. So try hydrotrypophobia. It kind of rhymes.
The psychological term for the fear of the unknown is "Xenophobia."
There isn't a specific term for it. the closest is Ichthoyophobia, the fear of fish.
Hydrophobia means that a chemical will not absorb water, but the term was also applied to rabies.The connection came because animals infected by rabies had swollen throats which would not allow them to drink water despite their thirst. Hence "hydrophobia" -- fear of water.The term that means a fear of going into the water is "aquaphobia."
The Greek word part that means "fear" is "phobia," derived from "phobos." For "water," the root is "hydro," from "hudor." The term for "abnormal" comes from "anomalous," which has the Greek root "anomalos," meaning uneven or irregular. Together, these roots form terms like "hydrophobia" (fear of water) and "anomalophobia" (fear of the abnormal).
There is probably no specific term for that. But there is a specific term for the one who asked this question. Genius!!!!
The African Luhya term for the English word 'fear' is oburii.