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What is the specific word for fear of heights?
I know acrophobia is a fear of heights. 'Acro' is a Greek root meaning 'summit' and 'phobia' means 'fear'.
What does astronomy literally mean?
It comes from the Greek words "astron", meaning star, and "nomos" meaning law.
What does the name Timon mean?
Timon is a Greek name meaning honorable.
How did the River Nile get its name?
The Nile gets its name from the Greek word "Nelios", meaning River Valley.
What phobia is the fear of the circus?
I don't know that there is an "official" name, but following the Greek model of most phobia names, fear of circuses should be kuklophobia. Greek letters can be transliterated into English in more than one way, so other possible spellings would be kyklophobia or cyclophobia. "Circus" is actually Latin for "circle." The Greek word for a circle is "kyklos" and presumably that would have been their word for a circus except they didn't have circuses the way the Romans did.
What does the word phobia come from?
Phobia comes from the Greek φόβος, phóbos, meaning fear or morbid fear.The language is Greek.
Etymology of arachnophobia?
Arachnophobia, coined in 1925, is a compound of "arachnid" and "-phobia" which come ultimately from the Greek aráchn ('spider') and phobos ('fear'), respectively.
What is the greek origin of phobia?
The word derives from the Greek Phobos meaning Fear
What language does the word phobia come from?
Phobia comes from the Greek φόβος, phóbos, meaning fear or morbid fear.The language is Greek.
What is the fear of demons?
The fear of evil spirits is the closest I could get so Demonophobia Its Greek "Daimon" meaning evil spirit and "Phobos" meaning fear
What is apiophobia?
Apiophobia is the fear of bees.The origin of the word Api is Latin (meaning bee) and Phobia is Greek (meaning fear).
What is the greek or latin root meaning of phobia?
Yes.... in Greek, "arachno" means spider, and "phobia" means fear, thus "arachnophobia", the fear of spiders. Or at least that's what they said on My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
What is the phobia of fear?
Phobophobia, from the Greek phobos meaning fearPhobophobia.Phobophobia. (As in FDR's famous statement, "We have nothing to fear but fear itself".)
Is there a name for fear of coffins?
Taphophobia- from the Greek Taphos, meaning grave.
What is the scientific name of fear of cats?
the scientific name of fear of cats is blossoms ...
What words have their origin in Greek mythology?
many words have roots in Greek for example arachnophobia comes for the word arachnid meaning spider and phobia meaning fear
What is the root meaning of claustrophobia?
The root meaning of claustrophobia comes from the Latin word "claustrum" meaning enclosure or confined space, and the Greek word "phobos" meaning fear. Combined, it refers to the fear of enclosed spaces.
