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The root word in Claustrophobia means fear. The root is PHOBIA(which means fear)

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What is called a fear of closed spaces?

Claustrophobia


How do you spell clastrophobic?

The word, meaning "a fear of enclosed spaces" is spelt claustrophobia.


Why is the fear of small spaces called claustrophobia?

Claustrophobia is the fear of small spaces because it is a combination of the Latin word claustrum (meaning enclosed space) and phobos (the Greek word for fear.)


What are some words with Greek root Phobos?

phobia, claustrophobia, acrophobia, aquaphobia, ergophobia, homophobia. It is alright to use phobia.


What is a sentence with claustrophobia?

His claustrophobia was starting to act up in the airplane. He refused to go into the tunnel because of his claustrophobia.


What is an adjective for claustrophobia?

Claustrophobic is the adjective form of claustrophobia.


What are 5 words with the combinaton of latin and greek root?

These are termed hybrid words. Examples include television, claustrophobia, monograph, hyperactive, and automobile.


How do you make sentence using the word claustrophobia?

I suffer from claustrophobia in elevators.


Which member of one direction has claustrophobia?

Niall Horan has confirmed that he has claustrophobia.


How do you use the word claustrophobia in a sentence?

He suffers from claustrophobia and is very nervous in elevators. The cramped quarters of a Soviet spacecraft was no place for someone with claustrophobia.


Is there a latin root meaning for fog?

No, there is not a latin root meaning for fog.


What is the Suffix for claustrophobia?

The suffix for "claustrophobia" is "-phobia," which means an irrational fear of something.