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The term, meaning "fear of reptiles", is an amalgam of Greek, not Latin.

Herpeto = from "herpeton", which means reptile, or more literally a creeping thing. In turn "herpeton" grew out of the verb "herpein" which meant to creep.

Phobia = originally from "phobos" which could mean fearbut in its ancient literal sense meant flight.

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