aquaphobia

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂

Proto-Italic *akʷā

Latin aquabor.

Middle English aqua

English aqua-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ-

Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der.

Latin

New Latinbor.

English -phobia

English aquaphobia

From aqua- + -phobia.

Noun

aquaphobia (uncountable)

1. A fear of water, especially a morbid fear of drowning.

   Synonyms: hydrophobia (colloquial), water fear, waterfright (rare, nonstandard)

   • 2016 June 10, Malia Wollan, “How to Overcome Aquaphobia”, in The New York Times Magazine‎^[1]:

     The goal — what Dash considers to be the mastery of aquaphobia — is to float peacefully in deep water for at least five minutes, 10 feet from a wall or support.

Antonyms

• aquaphilia

Related terms

• aquaphobe
• aquaphobic

Translations

fear of water — see also hydrophobia

• French: aquaphobie (fr) f
• German: Wasserangst f, Aquaphobie f
• Hindi: जलांतक (hi) m (jalāntak), जलभीति (hi) f (jalbhīti)
• Polish: wodowstręt (pl) m, hydrofobia (pl) f
• Portuguese: aquafobia (pt) f
• Russian: водобоя́знь (ru) f (vodobojáznʹ), гидрофо́бия (ru) f (gidrofóbija)
• Swedish: vattuskräck (sv) c

See also

• aquagenic pruritus (“water allergy”)
• aquagenic urticaria (“water allergy”)
• hydrophobia (“rabies”)