-phobe
English
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From French -phobe, from Latin -phobus, from Attic Greek -φόβος (-phóbos), combining form of φόβος (phóbos), ablaut variant of φέβεσθαι (phébesthai), middle infinitive of φέβομαι (phébomai), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ. Cognates include Russian бегать (begatʹ, “run, flee”), Slovak bežať (“run”), Polish biec (“run”), Lithuanian bėgti (“run”), Albanian dëboj (“throw out, drive away, expel, banish”). Compare German -phob.
Pronunciation
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[edit]-phobe (noun-forming suffix, plural -phobes)
- Used to form nouns denoting a person having a fear of a specific thing.
- 2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist[1], volume 407, number 8841, archived from the original on 11 January 2025, page 76:
- Risk is everywhere. […] For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you. “The Norm Chronicles” […] aims to help data-phobes find their way through this blizzard of risks.
- Used to form nouns denoting a person who hates or dislikes a type of person, thing, etc.
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[edit]used to form nouns denoting a person having a fear of a specific thing
used to form nouns denoting a person who hates or despises a specific thing
See also
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).
Suffix
[edit]-phobe (adjective-forming suffix, plural -phobes)
-phobe m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -phobes)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “-phobe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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