The suffix -phobia refers to a fear of a certain object or concept. The prefix is dependent on what fear one is referring to. This website contains a large list of different phobias and their prefixes. http://www.phobialist.com
ArachnophobiaArachno is the prefix or stem of the word, while phobia is the suffix.
The root word that means "dread of" is "phobos" or "phobia." For example, "arachnophobia" means the fear or dread of spiders.
Adding the suffix "-phobia" to a root word creates a noun indicating an irrational fear or aversion towards the root word.
Arachno = spider phobia = fear
Any of the phobias use this root (arachnophobia, agoraphobia, etc.).
a noun is created when the suffix -phobia is added to a word
"terror" - this latin word more or less corresponds to the greek "phobos"...
Claustraphobia hydrophobia Ommbrophobia pagophobia zelophobia zoophobia
The Greek root word for fear is "phobos." It is commonly used in English to form words related to fears and phobias, such as "phobia" and "phobic."
Phobia
The prefix is "photo-" meaning light. The root is "-phobia" meaning fear or aversion. The word "photophobia" refers to an abnormal sensitivity to light.
Kosmemophobia. (The Greek root 'kosmem-' basically means "adorning" and is the same root we get the word 'cosmetics' from; 'kosmemata' translates as "jewelry".)