Etymograph

English

Islamophobism

Islamophobism comes from Ancient Greek φόβος ‘fear, terror, alarm, fright, panic’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- ‘to flee’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰegʷ-‘to flee’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰógʷosreconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰógʷosreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφόβοςphóbos‘fear, terror, alarm, fright, panic’
  5. English1500–presentIslamophobe
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2003Islamophobism

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰegʷ-‘to flee’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰógʷosreconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰógʷosreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφόβοςphóbos‘fear, terror, alarm, fright, panic’
  5. English1500–presentIslamophobe
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2003Islamophobism

Earliest quotation: 2003, Nusrat Rizvi, Re: Is end of Islam in sight? Read what NY Times says: “Or perhaps your Islamophobism is keeping you these "disease"…”

A compound of Islamophobe + -ism

Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- ‘to flee’

Proto-Indo-European *bʰógʷos

Proto-Hellenic *pʰógʷos

Ancient Greek φόβος ‘fear, terror, alarm, fright, panic’

English Islamophobe

Linked words

through Ancient Greek φόβος ‘fear, terror, alarm, fright, panic’

phobia, 10 more

Today it means

noun Islamophobia

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- / Islamophobism

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