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-phobe
- /-foʊb/
Where it comes from
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.
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Talk about this word "-phobe." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/-phobe. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. -phobe. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/-phobe "-phobe." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/-phobe.Cite this
@misc{phobe_2026,
title = {-phobe},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-phobe},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
